School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- An Daingean (King), Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 312
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Heartburn:- Put a spoonful of sugar or some breadsoda in milk and drink it.
- Throughout the ages, cures for various maladies have been observed by the Irish people. There are a great many people who have the cure of certain complaints which doctors and other medical men are quite unaware of. Take for instance any of these:-
Cure for a headache:- Drink very strong tea. Bathe the feet in hot water and mustard. Tie a cloth firmly around the head.
Cure for a tootache:- Rub the tooth of a dead person on the toot. Keep cold water or whiskey in the mouth. Smoke tobacco.
Cure for warts:- Get a black snail and rub him on the wart, then put him on a thorn(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dolly Stritch
- Gender
- Female
