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School: Cill Gharbh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 10499)

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Kilgarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Adelaide Mac Carthy
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  1. The Care of the Teeth

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    When people do not keep their teeth clean they get very dirty. This is very bad for the teeth. The two front teeth are very sharp for cutting, and the next two are for tearing, and the back teeth are for chewing. If people do not masticate their food well they cannot digest it and it gives them a pain called indigestion, which is a very serious pain.
    They should clean their teeth with a tooth-brush and paste, twice a day because it keeps them very clean.
    If people do not keep their teeth clean an abscess forms in the tooth and the Dentist has to be visited.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Victor Edey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letter, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr G. Edey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Letter, Co. Cork