School: Kilsaran
- Location:
- Kilsaran, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 108
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In former times the people used to cure themselves by means of herbs made into ointments and medicines.
To cure toothache they used to get a frog and put it into their mouth and keep it three for a while.
To cure thrush they used to rub goose grease into the part.
The seventh son of a family could cure a sty on the eye by(continues on next page)
