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School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)

Location:
Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean an Risigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 219

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    The people long ago used strange cures. they used hot flour for erysepelas. If they cut their hand they would take a cobweb off the house and roll it round the cut. If a child had a sore head the cure was to warm cabbage and put in on its head. They also put a hare's skin around the head. If a child got the Crease Collar the gander to put his beak in the child's mouth and breathe into the mouth. If there were seven daughters in a family without a son between the seventh daughter had a cure for Ulcers. A child that was born after its father had died
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martha Younge
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Bridget Younge
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Younge
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Kerry