School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- In olden days when doctors were scarce people had cures of their own for certan diseases. The most common cure for a toothache was to chew tobacco. There was a man, named James Larkin of Ballyda, able to cure a tooth-ache, by saying a certain prayer.
A man named(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Philip Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny