School: Curreeny, Dolla, Nenagh (roll number 16486)
- Location:
- Curreeny, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: James Conlon
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- To cure toothache people used to put a bit of tobacco into the tooth.
To pull a tooth they used to die the cord around the tooth first and then tie the cord to the latch of the door or to the crane. Holding a coal with the tongs, they used to put the coal up to the person's nose and he drawing back furiously from the coal, would leave the tooth after him.
Sometimes the person getting the tooth extracted bled a great deal, and then the man with the charm for stopping the blood was called in to use his power.To cure sore eyes it was customary to go to St Udran's well in Latteragh, near Nenagh and perform the usual rounds as well as washing the eyes with the water.
When curing the chincough it was customary to drink the milk of a piebald pony.
A Sty in the eye was cured by pointing nine thorns of a gooseberry bush; one after the other at the sore and then throw them over the right shoulder. You had to eat the 9th thorn.
