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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 372

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 372

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    his head he gets a handkerchief and he puts it tight around his head. When a person has a toothache A cure for it is when you go to Mass and at the elevation say "John the Baptist Father and Mother".
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    When there is a person sick in the house they get a raw potato and they peel it very long. Then they give it to the sick person and they have to fling it over their left shoulder and whatever letter the skin falls in that is the first letter in the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
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