School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)

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1. Animal Stories (continued)

   

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   morning the weasel arrived at the man's door with a green leaf in its mouth. The woman of the house put the leaf in the man's septic hand and in a few days the wound was healed.

   Fairy Hare: Two men caught a hare and put it into the pot to boil. When stirring the soup with a fork they heard a voice from the pot saying "Do not stick me, do not stick me."

   

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2. Cures

   

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   Cures Toothache: If there is a hole in the tooth fill it with sulphate of copper, or tobacco, or ginger, or whiskey. Fill the hole with a wad of cotton wool steeped in Jeyes' fluid. If you are given a horse's tooth without asking for it you will never get a toothache. If you can take a piece of butter off the point of your elbow with your lips you will never suffer toothache. Fill the hole in the tooth with a mixture of soot, salt or vinegar. To cure and prevent toothache find three hazel nuts growing together and rub the tooth with same.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English