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School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

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Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Bráthair Naiti
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    (1) If you lick a frog on the back it is a cure for the tooth-ache
    (2) A cure for sore eyes is to bathe them in cold tea.
    (3) There The [sic] cure for a burn is to lick a mankeeper and then lick the burn
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Gallagher
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal