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School: Cnoc an Bhile, Upton (roll number 4152)

Location:
Upton, Co. Cork
Teachers:
D. Ó Donnchadha S. Ní Liatháin
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    Toothache.
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    1.
    The people in olden times cured toothache by smoking a clay pipe.
    2.
    Long ago a person cured toothache by putting a live frog into his mouth and crushing his leg three times with his teeth.
    3.
    Some put the "Daradaol into their mouths and split him into three parts to prevent toothache. The story is told that Our Lord travelled through a cornfield. The soldiers were hunting him next day. The men working in the cornfield refused to tell about Our Lord and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Desmond
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockaphreaghane, Co. Cork