School: Coole (roll number 3936)
- Location:
- Coole, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 375
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In former times people had to seek medical aid through prayer, herbs, roots and charms. In former times doctors were not so numerous and the old people did not believe in them.
First of all people believed in curing a toothache by prayer, more believed by applying a plaster of garlic on the arm three certain days of the week. A sore throat was cured by roasting potatoes and putting them in handerchief and tie around the neck going to bed and the sore throat was gone in the morning. A headache was cured by dipping a linen cloth in cold water and wringing it out and putting it on the head. A bleeding nose is cured by a prayer or putting a cold iron to the(continues on next page)
