School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 141
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- Long ago people had all their own cures for every pain that anyone had.
These cures are still to be had by a great many people who were told them.
Most of the cures that were to be had, were all healed by using special herbs or plants.
Most of the flowers and plants we see growing were used by the people of long ago for healing and curing.
Most of the cures that people had long ago are still to be had.
Many of the cures that are to be had now are not done by herbs only very few cures.
A great many people living in my district have cures for different ailings, such as the cure of teeth-aches and ring-worm and other cures.
There are several ways of curing ring-worm and tooth-ache. One of the ways for curing teeth-aches is to get a withered water-leaf and rub it to the teeth that paining.
Another way that tooth-ache can be stopped is to make a promise and if you break the promise inside of a week, the teeth will pain again.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Patrick Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
