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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 127

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    It is said that if you have lost hairs off your head sheeps milk will make it grow.
    It is said that the cure for the whooping cough is to go to the sea three times.
    It is said that the cure for a pain in your head is to take salts.
    The cure for a bad tooth is to get the doctor and get it stuffed.
    A very good cure for a deep cut is to get a spiders webb and put it on it.
    Another version by Liam Byrne,
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow