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School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)

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Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 149

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    to come and bless it and it is a cure for headaches.
    The seventh son is supposed to be a doctor and is supposed to have the gift for curing toothaches.
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    The old cure for measles was to boil an egg hard an put plenty of salt in it and give one every morning for nine mornings to the person that had the measles.
    The cure for mumps was to heat salt and put it in a woollen stocking and put it around the neck of whoever had the mumps.
    The cure for a cut was the good leaf, it grows with the potatoes and withers
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Tipperary