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School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)

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Coolard, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Ní Liaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 344

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    (continued from previous page)
    they applied the blood of a chicken which was put on a woollen cloth and kept since St. Martin's Day.
    For cuts they used cobwebs.
    There is a holy well near Asdee which is very good for sore eyes.
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    If anyone of them sprained his hand or foot he would pick a stalk called cumphary and roast the root and put it up to it.
    When he would get a pain in the stomach he would get a plate and heat it to the fire and then put it up to it.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kit Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glouria, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Galvin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Glouria, Co. Kerry