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School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 399

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  2. Local Cures

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    Cure for jaundice is boiled woodlice and milk.
    Cure for toothache is to keep cold water and salt in your mouth.
    Cure for hiccoughs is to give the person who has the hiccoughs a fright by pouring cold water down his sleeve. Cures for the whooping cough are to give the child who has the whooping cough the ferret's leavings or the first man that passes you on a white horse if you ask him hoe would you cure the whooping cough and whatever he said is supposed to cure it.
    Cure for warts is to steal a piece of fat bacon and bury it in manure and then the warts will be cured.
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