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School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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    If you have a toothache put on your left shoe first for nine mornings or else to keep your mouth over the steam out of the kettle and the toothache will go away.
    If you get a corn pare the corn until it bleeds and then rub salt to it and it will go away.
    If you get boil get a leaf of tobacco and rub it to the boil and it will go away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    M. Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry