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School: Clonshough

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Clonshagh, Co. Dublin
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C. Ní Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 445

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  1. Local Cures

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    If you lick a frog and put it on a swollen jaw it will cure a tooth-ache.
    A cure for a wart is put the juice of a dandelion on it or tie a piece of straw around it. If you sprain your finger boil a marsh-mallow and bathe your finger with the juice.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Belcamp, Co. Dublin

  2. Local Cures

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    It is said that if a person has a toothache and if he licks a frog the toothache will be cured.
    A cure for warts is to rub the milky juice of the Dandelion on the warts.
    Another cure for warts is rub a slug on the warts and stick the slug or barbed wire. When the slug withers the warts will be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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