School: Coolanarney
- Location:
- Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 235
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- 1. If your nose was bleeding put brown paper to the roof of your mouth and that would cure it2. If you got a cut rub a cobweb on it that would cure it.3. If you had a wart there is a weed that grows in a potatoe field or turnip field if you break it in the middle something like milk comes out rub it on it that would cure it.4. If two people got married and they two had the same name the woman can make a piece of bread and it would cure the hooping cough5. I you had a hicup the palm of your hand or get some one to frighten you or swallow a lump(continues on next page)
