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

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin

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Local Cures

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 251

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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.
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Collector
Tom Mc Auliffe
Gender
male
Address
Dysert, Co. Kerry
Informant
Mrs Mc Auliffe
Gender
female
Age
77
Address
Dysert, Co. Kerry
Language
English