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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

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Béal Átha na Sluaighe, Co. na Gaillimhe
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Sr. M. Oiliféar
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    5. An old cure for a toothache was to roast a fig and place it on the tooth immediately. This would kill the pain and will burst a gumboil or abscess on the tooth. Another cure is to put a piece of tobacco down in the whole of the tooth.
    The whooping cough was cured in olden
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