School: Tomhaggard
- Location:
- Teach Moshagard, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 250
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- Old cures for toothache are many. Some say tobaco is good and a small bit of alum placed in your mouth would give relief.
And old people say if you happen to get a frog without looking for it and draw the sign of the cross on your face three times it will cure the pain [toothache]
A cure for ringworm given by old people is as follows; get nine knots of satan straw and burn them, then make the sign of the cross on the affected place nine mornings in succession and the disease will be cured.
A cure for warts. Count the number of warts and get a small stone for each wart. Place the stones in a small bag and put them on the road. Whoever finds them is supposed to get the warts.
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- Collector
- Mella Curley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Deich nAcra, Co. Loch Garman
