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School: Attymass B.

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Attymass, Co. Mayo
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P. Ó Flannghaile
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    Toothache. When a toothache is bad a piece of tobacco left on it will relieve the pain. A pinch of ginger shoved into the hole is good or mustard which is supposed to split the tooth. A smoke of a pipe of tobacco is a good cure.
    The best cure is to put cold water in your mouth and wait beside a fire till it boils.
    Chin-cough:- Asses milk is very good for the chin-cough or ferret's leaving or a fox's toungue put in a cloth and warmed to the fire and then put round the neck.
    Thorns
    A fox's toungue is a great cure for taking out thorns. It is left on the thorns and is supposed to draw them out.
    Mumps
    The skin of the inside of a hen's gizzard left beside a fire to
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    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
    John Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Bridget Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo