School: Grangegeeth (roll number 2630)
- Location:
- Grangegeeth, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Seósaimhín, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- For toothache - 1. a horse's tooth was carried in the pocket.
2. the head was put between horse's forelegs.
3. to bury a God's horse in a bottle.For Chin-cough - 1. to crawl three times under a grey ass'.
2. to tie your grandmother's garter around the neck;
3. cure by seventh son;
4. to get a jack-ass and spread a cloth under his mouth. Let him eat oats off a plate and gather the grains he lets fall. These if eaten by the patient will cure him.
5. a red woolly string tied round the neck.
6. a piece of bread found on the road and eaten;
7. anything got from a(continues on next page)
