School: Saggart
- Location:
- Saggart, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: E. Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 48
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(1) If you have a tooth-ache get a frog and put him into your mouth three times and he will cure it.
(2) If a child has the thrush any one can cure it who has never seen his father, by blowing his breath into the childs mouth.
(3) The blood of any person named Keogh will cure St Anthonys fire.
(4) The milk of a ferret can cure Whooping-cough the leavings of the ferrets milk should be given to the the child.
(5) If you take lime water nine mon mornings in March it will keep you from getting pimples or piles.
(6) If you have a sore hand(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Desmond O Neill
- Gender
- Male
