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School: Multyfarnham (roll number 2405)

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Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 285

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    Cures
    The cure of a toothache is to lick a dead person's finger or to put on your boot and stocking on your left foot first every morning.
    The cure of Rheumatism is to carry a raw potato in your pocket.The cure of a wart is to get a snail and put him on your wart and then hang him on a thorn of a bush, or get a person to count the warts of your hand and the person who counts them will get them, or to rub washing soda on your hand or to rub a raw potato on your hand a couple of times a day. The cure of sore feet is to stand in a running stream.
    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
    Anthony Keogh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Keogh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath