School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Choluim
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    goose to anything swollen it would get better.
    3. If you put salt into a cut it would prevent it from festering
    4. To cure whooping cough, they used to boil a mouse and drink the soup.
    5. To cure a tooth-ache, grind the head of the mouse with the tooth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 1. Broom boiled and drawn like tea is a great drink for people who have kidney trouble.
    2. Boiled dandelion water is a cure for stomach trouble.
    3. The juice of marshmallow boiled is (c) good (fo) for a cough.
    4. Boiled nettle-water is a cure for chest trouble and also a blood-making medicine.
    5. Pond-Lily water used as a gargle for (sore) sore-throat.
    6. Laundry blue is a good cure for a sting of a bee.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Síle Ní Shiothcháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry