School: Sonna (roll number 1422)
- Location:
- Kildallan, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 096
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- Toothache. There is a grave in Temple Cross grave yard named Fr Cantwell grave and clay from it is a great cure of toothache.
Take a tooth out of a skull in a church yard and suck it and it will cure a tooth ache.
Sage tea is an excellent mouth wash and if kept in the mouth very hot will often give relief. So, too, will common [?] salt and water which perhaps is the best of all.
Oil of cloves to be bought from any chemist is an accepted remedy for tooth ache. A small piece of cotton wool on which a drop or two of the oil has been poured should be applied to the tooth.
If you let a frog touch your tooth it will cure tooth ache.
If a man says a prayer to the B.V and does not shave on a Sunday, that is a cure for a tooth ache.
If a women says a prayer to the B.V and not comb her hair on a Friday that is another cure for tooth ache.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kate Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Diméin an tSonnaigh, Co. na hIarmhí
