School: Ballykelly
- Location:
- Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Uadain
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- A cure for a toothache is to put a small quantity of whiskey in your mouth for some time. Another cure for a tooth-ache is to bathe the tooth with cold tea and tea leaves.
A cure for a cut is to let a dog lick it.
A cure for a scald is to put it in cold water as soon as you get it.
A old cure for a corn is to clean it well and drop a little iodine on it. - It is said that when you get a sting of a nettle you should rub it with a dock-leaf and that will take away the sting. To take away swelling put a poultice of roasted chicken(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mick Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Whitechurch, Co. Wexford