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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 344

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    Long ago when a person got a cut in his finger, he used to get a cobweb and put (in) it up to the cut. It used to stop the blood and heal the wound.
    If a person had the whooping cough, and if he wanted to cure it, he used to go to a man who had a white horse and ask him for a cure for it, and whatever that man said was supposed to cure the whooping-cough.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinclemesig, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tom Horgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinclemesig, Co. Kerry