School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)Cure for corns is to rub them with a raw potatoes.
- Cure for jaundice is boiled woodlice and milk
Cure for toothache is to keep cold water and salt in your mouth
Cure for the hiccough a fright by pouring cold water down is sleeve
Cures for the whooping cough are to give to a child who has the whooping cough the ferret's leavings or the first man that passes you on a white horse if you ask him how you would cure the whooping cough and whatever he said is supposed to cure it.
Cure for a warts is to steal a piece of fat bacon and bury it in a heap of manure and then the warts will be cured
When a young calf has a griping(continues on next page)