School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 052
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- Long ago there was no such thing as a doctor like today. There were men there who used to make medicines and they were called quack doctors. When people had an aching tooth they would have to chew a frog's leg to cure it, and sugar and soap were used to cure a bile. Herbs were invented by the old people.It is said that milk which is lift after a ferret cures a whooping cough. When children have the "Thrush" and when a gander breathes into (his) or (her) mouth, it vanishes.
- Collector
- James Murtagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
