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School: Áth Treasna (C.)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 191

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  1. Local Cures

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    There are several local cures for diseases. Pepper is a very good cure for tooth-aches. Soot and salt put in to the sore tooth cures it. Put a live frog into your mouth to cure a tooth-ache. If the seventh generation of blacksmiths makes a nail any person who has the nail will never get a toothache. Boiling of an oak leaf and washing your mouth in the water in which it was boiled is a cure for a tooth-ache. Tobacco is used for curing a pain in the tooth. The Trinity Well water is a cure for tooth-aches. In a farm
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr W. Quinlen
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork