School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)
- Location:
- Churchtown South, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhlaoich
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- Rheumatism
A cure for rheumatisn is to get a potato and put it into a pocket of the coat the person is wearing. Toothache
Toothache is cured by getting a tooth from a dead skull and rubbing it on the tooth that is paining you. You will never have a toothache again after this
- Collector
- Eileen Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlemitchell North, Co. Kildare
- Collector
- Mary Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlemitchell North, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs M. Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Castlemitchell North, Co. Kildare
- Whooping Cough
An old cure for the whooping cough is to get a leaf and give it an ass to eat, and spread a cloth under his head to catch the crumbs. These crumbs when boiled in milk are given to children with the whooping cough are said to be a cure(continues on next page)
