School: Asdee (C.) (roll number 10502)
- Location:
- Astee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Shlataire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 012
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- A frog was used to cure toothache. They used to make a frog screech into the person's mouth and then the toothache would be cured. They used to make a gander or goose screech into the person's mouth to cure thrush. Sore-eyes were cured by paying rounds at holy wells. To go under a donkey's legs and to drink her milk would cure the whooping-cough. Another cure for the whooping-cough is - if you met a man with a white horse to ask him what would cure the whooping cough and what ever he would say would cure it. Herbs were used to cure other complaints. Wood-vermine was boiled in new milk to cure jaundice.
Dandelion was also boiled in new milk and was used to cure the lungs.
Eye-bright was used to cure sore eyes.
Mac an Táthú was used to cure boils.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Lyons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Astee West, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Patrick O' Mahoney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Astee West, Co. Kerry
