School: Cor Críochach
- Location:
- Corcreeghagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 235
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- There were many ways that the people sought remedies to cure their ailments in olden times. One of the ways that they had for curing toothache was to rub a frog to the tooth that was paining. Another way was to go to a grave that was opened for a coffin and to take an old coffin out, and get a tooth out of the corpses mouth and rub it to the tooth. It would be cured.
For wild fire the people used to rub a golden ring to the sore three times saying "In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen.
A person who keeps a ferret has the cure of the whooping-cough. If the ferret does not finish its milk give it to the person who has the complaint and it will cure it. I you tie a red ribbon round the person's neck who has the whooping-cough it will cure him.
A woman wose maiden name and marriage name are the same has also(continues on next page)
