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School: Coolanarney

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Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
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D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 238

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    18. If a dog had the fits get castor oil and a few pennies and file the dust of the copper into the castor oil and make him drink it.
    19. If you sleep in a grave yard for three nights you would never have bad teeth.
    20. If you had a boil on your neck get honey and linceed meal and it would cure it.
    21. If a young child took the Trush go and get a man that never saw his father and he would cure it.
    22. If you had a corn on your foot put pitch to it and it would cure it.
    23. If you got a cut rub salt into it and that would cure it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English