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School: Grianán Ailigh (roll number 2049)

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Grianan of Aileach, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Niall S. Mac Aoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 145

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    Local Cures.
    Long ago there were not many doctors and the people made cures of their own.
    The cure they had for toothache was they went out through the forests and they caught a frog and they put some part of the from into their mouth and the tooth was healed again.
    A wart; they got a cold potato and they rubbed the potato on the wart and then they put the potato into a heap of manure and when the potato was decaying the wart whithered away.
    Mumps; They put a horse's halter on the person who had the mumps and they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mac Fadden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlecooly, Co. Donegal