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School: Moyderwell Convent of Mercy (roll number 13530)

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Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 346

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    toothache:- By chewing a frogs leg.
    Whooping-cough. The milk left after a ferret had drunk some also, to drink boiled shamrock, candy, new mil together.
    Ring worm:- To eat Sulphur and lard mixed. It is said that people born on Good Friday and baptised on Easter Sunday can cure ringworm.
    Boils. To rub the juice of a plant called meachain dá abha or wild parsnip to them.
    Sores. Boil violet leaves and steep a piece of lint in the liquid and apply to the sores.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Dineen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnaprocess, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Dineen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnaprocess, Co. Kerry