School: Lisselton (C.) (roll number 10536)
- Location:
- Lisselton, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 186
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- The old people had their on cures. When they got a cut they twisted a cobweb around it to stp from bleeding. For a burn that was not healing their cure was to shake ashes out of a pipe over it. They cured a tooth ache by putting soot into it, and also by putting the tail of a frog into their mouth until the pain was relieved. They also cured cuts by washing them in salt. They cured very bads cuts with a piece of a burned blanket shaken over them.
- Collector
- Chrissie Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farranastack, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Jack Boland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farranastack, Co. Kerry
