School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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  1. Here is a cure for a toothache that many old people has used. Get a little pepper, and put it in the hole of the tooth, and it will draw all the water from the gum, and the pain will leave the tooth for a while.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maud Gannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Mayo