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School: Foynes (B.) (roll number 2813)

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Foynes, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Liam Puirtéal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 136

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    It is said that a gander or a goose will cure Thrush. If the gander or goose puts its mouth into the child's mount, the child will be cured. It is said that if you drink a ferrets milk, it will cure you if you have the whooping cough. If you get a sting of a nettle it is said that if you rub a dock leafe to it, it will cure it. The cure for a toothache is if you get a frog and put him into your mouth three times it will cure it. If you have warts it is said if you got the stem of a dandelion it will go away. If you get a cut it is said that if you put a cobweb on it, it will be cured.
    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
    Tomás Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male