School: Baile an tSagairt (roll number 13985)
- Location:
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Prionnsias Ua Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 38
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- Cures for the Toothache
1. It is a cure to chew on a Báirneach with the sore tooth.
2. It is a cure to kiss the cross on a donkey’s back.
3. It is a cure to pull a jag out of a hedge-hogs back with the sore tooth.
4. It is a cure to put a young frog into your mouth and squeeze on it with the sore tooth until it squeels.
5. It is a cure to put tobacco in the tooth.
6. It is a cure to put soda in the tooth.
7. It is a cure to put salt in the tooth for the toothache.
8. It is a cure for the toothache to put iodine in the tooth.
9. It is a cure for the toothache to put ginger in the tooth.
10. It is a cure to put mustard in the tooth.
11. It is cure to bleed the tooth.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Joe Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mary Mc Callig
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Pat Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Rob Corregan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
