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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 014

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    Toothache: Stick a snail on the thorn of a gooseberry bush until it decays. As the snail decays the toothache goes away.
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  2. Sweat-Houses

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    Sweathouses
    Long ago people who suffered from rheumatism obtained relief by going into sweat-houses and remaining there until cured.
    These houses which were built from yellow mash, were large enough for one man to enter. The roof was oval-shaped. In the floor of the house there was a hole in which a fire was kindled. A pipe by which the smoke escaped, wat at the side of the house. A large flat stone was put over the fire and the whole floor was covered over with sand, which was heated by
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Fenelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maudlintown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Fenelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maudlintown, Co. Wexford