School: Castlebernard
- Location:
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Annie Halpin
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- Local CuresAn old remedy to cure toothache was to put a live frog in the mouth five times and leave it in the mouth for two minutes each time and after ten minutes the pain would not be felt.Thrush is a disease of the throat from which infants very often suffer. In olden days goose grease was rubbed gently to the child's throat.Thrush is a disease of the tongue, gums lips and palate.In olden days to cure a stye in the eye people used to point a thorn of a gooseberry bush to the stye of a friend's eye and it would be cured completely after a few days.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sadie Wills
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Walk, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr William Wills
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- The Walk, Co. Offaly