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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 308

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    There were numerous quaint "cures" and "remedies" in Bailieborough district in days gone by. There was a very strange 'cure" for toothache. The sufferer went to a cemetery where there was a newly opened grave awaiting a burial.
    Around this grave are usually found the skulls and bones of person long years dead; these were removed from the gave in order to make room for the forthcoming burial, and they were out back into the grave when the burial took place. The one afflicted with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. J. Gaynor
    Occupation
    Journalist
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan