School: Skerries, Athy (roll number 10975)
- Location:
- Skerries North, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: E. Tansey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 202
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- The cure for a tooth ache is to fill your mouth with cold water and stand with your back to the fire until the water gets hot.
Then swallow it and the tooth ache will get better.
Another cure for a tooth ache is to say three Hail Marys every time you sneeze and the tooth ache will go away.
My Aunt told me the first cure and my Mother told me the second cure.
- If you have a pain in your head get a piece of brown paper and wet it with vinegar and put it upon your forehead three times.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Redmond
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardnagross, Co. Kildare
