School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville
- Location:
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)as well as the horse's ear.
It was carved out on a stone and that is to be seen near Annagh Church.
- Toothache. Put salt and soot into the tooth.Headache. Drink salt and water.Warts. Cut nine pieces of fat meat, and every morning when you get up and before you eat heat a piece of the meat to the fire, and then bury it, do that for nine mornings and the warts will go away.Sore-throat. Put a stocking round your neck when going to bed.Sprained leg. Bade in potato water or in cold spring water.Boils. Put a tobacco leaf up to itA cut. Cut a piece of Slanlus and put it up to the cutThrush. Rub honey to your throat for a few times.
- Collector
- Margaret Moriarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonavane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Peter Moriarty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tonavane, Co. Kerry
- I kindled my pipe and I spit on my stick.(continues on next page)
