School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 405
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- (continued from previous page)2 Whooping-Cough:- Remedy:-
Certain people were cured of the whooping-cough. If the person would go under a white horse nine times, he, or she would be cured, or to put a frog in a tea-pot and as according the frog would be dying the cough would be going.
Tooth-ache:- Remedy
Long ago people used to get frogs and put them in their mouth and make them screech three times and you would never get a tooth-ache again.
- Toothache Remedy
It is said that if you put a frog into your mouth holding him inside until he makes three screeches, then take him out again, a toothache would be cured.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Cáit Ní Mhuirighthe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Oibrí tí
