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School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)

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Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Martha Levis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 152

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    Toothache
    The best cure for toothache is got by holding a frog in your hand and hold it inside your mouth for a few minutes. Another cure is got by putting either a drop of iodine or paraffin on wadding and place the wadding in the tooth.
    Warts
    The milk of a plant called Bainne na Naon rubbed on the warts will soon clear them away.
    Thorns
    The fat of a hare will draw a thorn from the flesh to the surface.
    Headache
    If you have a headache and drink tea without sugar it will soon go. Another cure for a headache is to put a damp cloth to your forehead and go into a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Daunt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahalea, Co. Cork