School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_006
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- In olden times there were no Chemist shops, and no doctors, and no trained Nurses, and yet the people cured their ailments themselves.
A tooth-ache was cured with a lump of washing-soda dissolved in water - washing it with it.
A head-ache was cured with tea leaves by putting them on a cloth and put them on the forehead.
Mumps were cured with a plant called gladom warmed and placed to the face.
For a deep cut or a wound a rib(continues on next page)- Collector
- Jane Gately
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cronin, Co. Roscommon