School: Kinnegad (C.) (roll number 14363)
- Location:
- Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Ní Chairbre
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In olden times people had the funniest methods of healing ailments such as Tooth-Ache, Sore Throat, Mumps, Corns, Rheumatism, Neuralgia.
For Tooth-ache a rather nasty application was applied. The sufferer had to capture a live frog and rub the slimy creature round the inside of the gums, taking good care that the acrobat does not make a dash for the throat
For Rheumatism in the knees + back goose grease was applied and well rubbed in. So goose grease was always carefully preserved at Christmas when the goose was killed for the Christmas dinner.
For Ear-ache a bit of wool from the back of the sheep was dipped in Olive Oil and heated and placed in the ear. Wool from the sheep was supposed to have(continues on next page)
