School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)(9) the essence of cloves
(10) The people also used to put pepper in the tooth
- (11) Patrick Leavy, Ballydaly, Tullamore cures toothaches. When he was born there was a worm put on his hand and it was left there until it died, and that is supposed to be the reason he is able to cure toothaches. He was also the seventh son of the family and the seventh son is supposed to be a doctor. He makes the sign of the cross on the jaw and he says a prayer when when he is curing a person. Another cure for a toothache is to fill your mouth with cold water. The shock of the cold water is supposed to cure a person.
- Collector
- Thomas Scally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Scally
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
- (13) The way to cure a toothache is to get turpentine and rub it on the toothache.
- A cure that was used long ago was a bit of bread got from a husband and wife of the same name.
- 2. A piece of wax candle of the first set melted on brown(continues on next page)
