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School: Rath (roll number 5391)

Location:
Rath, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
Miss Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 015

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    name who are married. If this failed the victim was passed three times under an ass and given some of its milk to drink. A bag of little white stones worn around the neck relieved skin disease.
    A tooth ache was cured for ever by placing in the mouth a tooth taken from a skull in the graveyard and by holding a frog in the mouth.
    There are many family cures in the country. They are all secrets and are handed down from one generation to the other.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Informant
    Mrs Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Cornacuask, Co. na hIarmhí