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School: Croghan

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Croghan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 184

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    Mrs Forde who lives in Sallygrove told me the cure for toothache was to catch a live frog in the field and to rub it along on your tooth and on your gums and it cures the toothache. To cure thrush is to get cuckoosarl in the fields and to boil it with Suplhur and to put it on the rash as a poltice.
    The child with the chincough gets several cures such as ferrits leavings and also to bring them out
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Forde
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Address
    Elphin, Co. Roscommon