School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

Location:
Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 236

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  1. Before any dentist was there the people could not fill their teeth and they had many ways in curing their toothaches.
    1.To burn a piece of limestone and put it into the tooth.
    2.To put bluestone into it.
    3,To mix salt and ginger and put it into it.
    4.To get a frog and put one of his legs in between your teeth and grind it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lilly Meade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork