School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- Location:
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 482
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- (continued from previous page)482and Buagleis.
Toothache. Carry a particle of the first candle lighted over a corpse for twelve months.
Carry the top of the first nail driven in a horse's hoof.
Reduce Fatness: Eat nettle seed.
Sore throat: Put a stocking full of hot bran around the neck.
Weak heart: Drink the juice of the dandelion every morning.
Measles: Roots of nettles boiled on milk.
Hiccough: Take ten pinches of salt without drawing your breath.
Weak heart: Boil berry of mistletoe and drink it.
Toothache: Rub little finger(continues on next page)
