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    (Mrs) Ellen Faley (age 74)
    Mountcoal,
    Listowel,
    Co. Kerry

    In olden times the old people used many remedies for their ailments. They picked the herbs in the fields and ditches in Summer time and put them to dry. Dandelion was used for a pain in the stomach or colic.
    They boiled it and gave the liquid to the sick people to drink. Then they boiled sour milk, and when it got into curds and whey, the whey was given to
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    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
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry