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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 18_013

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    29th Sept. '38
    Local Cures
    In olden times herbs were used for diseases. the old people used to cure warts by getting a piece of straw and rubbing it to the wart and when the straw would wither the wart would wither also. The old people used to cure tootheache by putting a frog in the person's moth and when the frog would squeal the pain would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Wynne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary