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Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0046

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  2. Local Cures

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    Local Cures
    In former times people found out cures themselves for all kinds of ailments as doctors weren’t as numerous as they are at the present. The people who found out these cures were called quacks.
    There was a cure for the whooping cough. If you met a man on the road with a white horse and ask him for a cure for the whooping cough, whatever he would tell you to do, if you did it, you would be cured. There was another great cure for a toothache. If you took a mouthful of cold water and turn your back to the fire until the water would boil in your
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