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School: Enniscrone (G.) (roll number 13941)

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Inishcrone, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 070

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    Name Bride Loftus
    Age 11 years
    Toothache is very common nowadays, There is a woman the name of Mrs O'Dowd she lives over in "Greenwood," it is situated about a mile and a half from Kilglass school. She has a charm for toothache. The charm is to put tobacco and ginger down on the fire and boil it, along with water.
    There are some other thing's too but I do not know what they are. When they are boiled she takes them up and if you have toothache then rinse out your mouth with the water which is turned brown with the tobacco, and immediately the pain goes away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Loftus
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11