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School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)

Location:
Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
R. Ó Luinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 165

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    To hold a person who is suffering from a toothache head downward will cure the ache.
    Catch a snail and rub it on a wart and then stick it on a bush, and the wart will be cured.
    When you get a cut put a clean cobweb on it to stop the blood.
    To cure a person who is suffering from hiccoughs give him a fright.
    To put a stocking around your head is a cure for a headache.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Aylward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Aylward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford