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1. Local Cures

   

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   In olden times the people had many cures of their own for their ailments. When they had a toothache they used squeeze a frog between their teeth and if he screeched the pain would go. The cure for warts was as follows:- A cross was made from elder sticks and a mark made on it for every wart on your hand. The cross was then buried and it was said that when the cross rotted the warts would wear away also.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Domhnail Ó Grandún

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killahora, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Grandon

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Killahora, Co. Cork

2. Local Cures

   

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   People long ago had their own cures for diseases and other ailments. To cure a tooth - ache they used catch a frog and put him in their mouth and let him screech three times. In those days the whooping cough was cured by milk left behind by a ferret.

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