School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary E. Skally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 255
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- (continued from previous page)When a person has warts they put their fasting spit on them for three mornings and after the third morning they will be cured.
If a person has a toothacke it is said if he put a live frog in his mouth and by the time the frog croaks the toothacke will be gone.
When a person has a bad cough this is how to cure it you must put the following articles down in a pot to boil for an hour 3 lemons, 1 lb brown sugar 1/4 lb sugar candy 1 oz liquorice 1 qrt water and when they have boiled for an hour strain them and put a spoon of vinegar in the water you have strained off and drink a table spoon full of it every day and after a short time there will not be a trace of the cough.
