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School: Áth an Lín (B.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9632)

Location:
Aughalin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Michael de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0489, Page 208

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    Thrush
    Put a gander's beak into the child's mouth and keep him that way until he hisses three times
    Whooping Cough
    Watch the first person to come the road on a white horse and ask him what to do and whatever he would tell you would cure the child
    Toothache
    Put a frog into your mouth and squeeze him until he screeches three times
    Chillblains and Borns Sore Eyes
    Forge water is a good cure for those
    Certain wells have power to cure some eyes
    Warble Fly
    A boy born on Good Friday and baptised
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