School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   the roots and scrape them and warm them on the tongs and put them on the effected part and when the part would be getting better the roots would be falling off gradually. When children got the measles their mother went out in the fields for the sheep's dropping and boiled it with milk and strained it and give it to the child to drink. Marsh mellows were used for making cough syrup also Horehound. Dandelion was a cure for the lungs. The field daisy was a cure for sprains. For sore eyes Copris and the white of an egg were used. Soap and sugar were used for drawing sores or flour and cream. A green sod was used for stopping blood. Ivy leaves were used for small pox. The skin of a chicken's gizard is good for stopping vomitting. The grating the potatoes used for stampy is good for Scurvey. Speedvil when

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martha Younge

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockbrack, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Bridget Younge

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockbrack, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   John Younge

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockbrack, Co. Kerry