School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)
- Location:
- Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 145
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- (continued from previous page)Cleas na péisce was the old cure for worms in the cattle.
When a child was born after its father's death it was cured of thrush by blowing its mother's breath into the child's mouth.
An old cure for a sprain was to bathe it in pickle water or also to keep it under running spring-water.
People in olden times used to get what they called a colic. This is what they cured it with, by heating the cover of an oven and put it up to where the pain was.
A cure for sore eyes was to wash them in cold, black tea.
- When the seagulls fly low in the air there is bad weather at hand. When they(continues on next page)
