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School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

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Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 199

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    it on your chest for three days.
    Mrs. Fitzgerald had a cure for worms in children. You get a piece of loaf sugar and a drop of turpeintine, increasing the drop by one for nine days so that on the ninth day you will have nine drops.
    People cure a toothache by putting bread soda on it.
    When people or children have the Whooping Cough they make a gander fast for nine days and on the ninth day the catch it and make it
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Joseph Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny