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School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)

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Kildeema, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 308

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    If you gave a penny to a person who had a toothache it would leave him.
    Dandelion tea is a great cure for a toothache.
    Horse radish is good for a toothache.The cure for quick bleeding is put a cobweb to it.
    It is said that if you bring moss from a Blessed Well and return it after a few days it will cure any illness.
    Boiled seaweed is a great cure for rheumatism.
    If a person suffers from a bleeding nose, a key left on the nape of the neck is a great cure for it.Boiled turnips are a great cure for a cough.
    Dandelion tea is a great cure for a delicate person.
    If you leave a bag of stones at a four cross roads it will cure warts.
    If you rub a marriage ring
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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
    Thomas O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs S. O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Address
    Lisdeen, Co. Clare