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School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 058

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    The are many cures in every district in Ireland. Most of the people had many cures for diseases long ago because there were very few doctors in the country and there was no medical attendance and the doctors were very expensive. Some of the cures would do harm and some of them would do good.
    The cure which the old people had for toothache was to carry a horse tooth in the pocket. A person doing this would never have toothache. The old
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Mullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blackhall, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Patrick Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blackhall, Co. Louth