School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 241
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- I. In olden times the people tried all their own remedies when the children were sick. For the whooping cough they used donkey's milk. Another cure, a man with a white horse met "by accident" to ask him for a cure and whatever cure he would give, it should be done, and the cure was effective.
II. For a sore mouth commonly called thrush, they brought a gander for nine mornings in succession to breathe into the child's mouth. Another cure. A child that never saw his father that child to breathe into the mouth for nine mornings in succession, fasting. It would cure it.
III. There are several herbs, and they are used as cures. The large green broom that is sown on fences, when pounded and boiled is a splendid cure for coughs.
IV. The dandelion is very good for cuts. If pressed until the juice is squeezed out,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeremiah Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Informant
- Patrick Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
