School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

Location:
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 447

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    Cures for a toothache: - One very old cure for a toothache is to take a smoke of a pipe and to keep the smoke in the mouth as long as one is able then to let it out and the pain was supposed to be gone. Another was to paint the gum around the aching tooth with Iodine and pepper was also used to cure a toothache.
    Milk after a Ferret:- The milk which a ferret would leave after him was supposed to cure the Flu and yellow-jaundice.
    Holy Well Cures:- There is a Holy well in a field situated about three miles from Nenagh called St. Curlans Well at a certain time of the year it is supposed to cure wounds and sore feet and other diseases by its water
    Dandelions Cure - The Dandelion when boiled
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Langton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Belleen Lower, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr J. Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Address
    Belleen Lower, Co. Tipperary