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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 461

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    Long ago doctors were not as numerous as they are now-a-days and the old people used many remedies of their own to cure ailments.
    There are many cures to ease a person from toothache. Some of them are, to pack the cavity in the ailing tooth with tobacco or snuff, to smoke a pipe or cigarette until it would sicken the person with the toothache, or to put baking soda into the ailing tooth. Those remedies still exist as well as in former times.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Dodd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Dodd
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo