School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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“I know a cure for tetters is to get a lump of washing soda and a lump of soap and melt them together and let it boil and then put it on as hot as you can...”
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“A cure for a toothache in olden times was to go to a grave-yard and rise up an old man's head and pull out a tooth...”
A cure for a toothache in olden times was to go to a grave-yard and rise up an old man's head and pull out a tooth and rub it to the aching tooth and you would never have a toothache again.
A cure for a burn is bees wax and chalk and sulphur. Homemade Toys
“The people in olden times used to make toys themselves...”
The people in olden times used to make toys themselves
They used to make pop-guns out of a quill and a stick. They used to make the stick narrow in the way it would run into the quill, and they cut a slice from a potato and stuck the wide end(continues on next page)