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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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  1. Cures for a Toothache

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    Get a little salt, put it into a saucepan and hold it at the fire until it is warm.
    While it is warm put it into the hole in the tooth. Leave it there for about an hour, and then the salt will begin to melt.
    When this happens all the bad water will leave the gum.
    Spit out the water and your pain will be gone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo