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School: Liatra (roll number 13341)

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Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Mac Sheoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 051

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    her for her trouble.
    For a sore throat:
    (1) To swallow the steam of boiled vinegar.
    (2) To put a stocking of warm salt around the neck.
    For a toothache:
    (1) A smoke of a pipe.
    (2) To fill the hole in the tooth with tobacco or with soda.
    (3) To hold a red coal as near as possible to the tooth.
    A sore lip used to be cured 1) by rubbing it with a snail 2) by keeping it covered with cream.
    Garlic was used for:
    (1) a bad cold when boiled with milk
    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
    Annie Morgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croaghill, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Croaghill, Co. Galway