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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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    daradaol shouted to the soldiers "Indé indé"[?] thereby pulling the soldiers on Our Lords track. For this a curse fell on him and after he was used for curing toothache.
    4.
    Another cure for toothache was to rub a dead person's finger to the gums.
    5.
    The old people cured toothache by eating the grass off a priests grave.
    Headache.
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    1.
    The old people applied brown paper soaked with vinegar to the temples to cure headache.
    Measles.
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    1.
    Sheep's milk and water boiled together.
    2.
    Food left after a ferret.
    3.
    The patient went to bed for seven days and drank tea made from wild sage.
    Mumps.
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    1.
    The skin of old bacon was applied roasting hot.
    2.
    A stocking was turned
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Desmond
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockaphreaghane, Co. Cork