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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 03_020

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  1. Cure for a Toothache

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    This is a good cure for a toothache. Get a Cigarette and smoke it. Then let the hot ashes of the Cigarette drop, into the hole in the tooth. This will draw all the bad water from the tooth, and your toothache will soon disappear.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo