School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 251

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  1. Long ago the people had cures for certain ailments. These cures were adopted by themselves.
    It is said that whenever a person had a toothache he would put a live frog into his mouth and the pain would vanish instantly. It is also said that if ever a child was affected with the disease of thrush, a gander or goose would be made breathe into the child's mouth for nine successive mornings. This process would cure the child. It is recorded that if a person found a stone with water lodged in it and rubbed the water to a wart that it would vanish it. The stone must be found when the person is not looking for it, that is by accident.
    Large crowds used
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dysert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    77
    Address
    Dysert, Co. Kerry