School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

Location:
Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 130

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 130

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  1. A cure for toothache is a smoke of a pipe or to hold cold water in it.
    A cure for a sty on the eye is to jag it with a jag of a goosberry bush or wash it with black tea.
    A cure for ring worm is a dog's lick.
    A cure for warts is to rub them with washing soda every day or wash your hands in forge water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Cool
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garshooey, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Kathleen Mc Cool
    Gender
    Female
  2. When old people had sore ears they used to put caster oil in them and they would get better. If anybody was deaf in olden times they used to go to holy well to get cured.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.