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School: The Spa, Tráighlí

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Spa, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ml. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 343

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    When a child had a sore mouth, the parents would get a goose and let her blow three times into his mouth. Then his mouth would get better.
    Long ago a sore head was cured in this way; They got a leave of cabbage and a pice of hot fat meat. Then they let the meat drop down on the cabbage. Then they shook a grain of meal on this. Then they applied the leave of cabbage to the head. Then the head used to get cured.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyheige, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyheige, Co. Kerry