School: Clandouglas, Lic Snámha (roll number 10380)
- Location:
- Clondouglas, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Sheanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0412, Page 111
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The cure for the ringworm write any words whatever round the worm with ink then get a little plant called "turpin", a little plant that grows on roofs of houses and piers of gates. Squeeze the juice out of it and apply it to the affected part and then a speedy cure is said to be effected.
The cure for a bad stomach in olden times was to go out in the morning to where the cows had been sleeping the previous night, and with a spoon drink the juice from the top of a cow-dung. It contains the juice of the herbs that grow on the land.
The cure for consumption. It was a tinker gave that cure to my aunt's husband. Go out in the morning in the dewy grass, and pick half a dozen of the small snails. Then put them into a cup, and pour either new milk or cream over them, and then drink them up.
- Collector
- Kitty Mc Elligott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Denis Mc Elligott
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Elligott
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Kerry
