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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 310

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    other folk took a different view and brought the molar away with them. This gruesome operation was regarded as a "sure remedy" for toothache.
    A "cure" for a stye on the eye was to rub the stye three times with each of three "fasting spittles" three mornings in succession in the name of the Trinity.
    Other "cures" and "remedies" in local use are fairly common in the country in general.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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