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School: Island Parish

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Baile an Átha, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
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Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 341

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    Cure for Chilblains.
    Burn a sally rod and rub the ashes of it on them.
    Cure For a Sore-ear.
    Get a small piece of a ash tree and put it in the fire. Get the juice that comes out of it and put it on a piece of cotton - wool. Put this in your ear and it will soon go.
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    Chilblains can be cured by rubbing Wagon Grease on them at night or by washing them in very hot potato water.
    A Cure For a toothache.
    Smoke brown or black paper and let the smoke go near the tooth
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Trodóg, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
    Informant
    Joseph Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Trodóg, Co. Uíbh Fhailí