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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

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Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 265

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    7 Soap and sugar ground together to draw a boil.
    8 Parafin oil for chillblains or corn.
    9 Drink porter and dry bread for the jaundice.
    10 Boil the clockereens(those small insects which creep along the wall) in a piece of cloth in hot water and put the juice into hot milk. This is supposed to be a cure for the jaundice.
    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
    Josie Sheehy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Johanna Sheehy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scrahan, Co. Kerry