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School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)

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Kealid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 248

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    I. Corns
    To get four ivory buttons and a lemon and boil them in water, and rub the water to the corn.
    II. Warts
    To get a bag of stones and put them on the road and let no one see you doing it. Whoever would get that bag of stones and take it would take the warts, and then they would leave you.
    III. Ringworm
    If you have ringworm write your name around it and this will cure it.
    IV. Sty
    If you have a sty in your eye rub your mother's marriage gold ring to it for nine mornings in succession and that will cure it.
    V. Toothache
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Timothy Flaherty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Timothy Flaherty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Kealid, Co. Kerry