School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

Location:
Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 146

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 146

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  1. A good cure for toothache is to mix soot and lime and salt and rub it on the tooth or put it in the hole if there be a hole in the tooth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. In older times people used to put cotton wool and turpentine. Also people used to put a horse nail under the aching tooth and root it out.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.