School: Tulach Chromán (roll number 1256)
- Location:
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs. Brennan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 057
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Old Cures.
Stye-an old cure for a stye was to prick it with a gooseberry thorn three times a day for nine days,making a sign of the cross each time.Toothache-a cure for the toothache was to smoke a man's clay-pipe.Whooping cough-There was a cure for the whooping cough which must be done by a man and a woman of the same name before marriage.
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