School: Lusmagh
- Location:
- Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 158
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- 1. If you get oil of wheat and put it on Ringworm it will cure it.
2. If you put a frog in your mouth when you have a tooth ache it will cure it.
3. If you were making a grave and if you found a skull and rub a tooth from the skull across your own teeth you would never have a bad tooth.
4. If you lick a lizard you will have a cure for a burn on your tong.
5. Drink asses milk will cure a sick child.
6. The seventh son of the family has a cure for wild fire.
7. If you go under an asses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Shiels
- Gender
- Female
