School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0442, Page 455
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- (continued from previous page)When a person got a colic or a severe stomach pain he got some whiskey and after putting a little of it, about a half a glass in a saucer, he set fire to it with a match and he left it burn for about two minutes, he then quenched the fire and he drank the hot burned whiskey.
- The cures the old people had for the sting of a bee were (a) they used to rub a bit of blue (used in washing) to the stung part (b) some used to rub a raw onion to it (c) some used to press the stung part with a door key.
The cure they had for a sprain was they used to dig up a plant called comfrey local name comfort then they used to cut it's roots up very fine and after washing them they used to apply them to the sprain bound with a tight bandage and leave it up to the sprain for a week. This plaster used be almost as hard as plaster of Paris - if properly made.
The cure they had for a sore throat was they used to bet bran and after heating it they used to put it into a silk stocking and then they tied the stocking(continues on next page) - Informant
- John O Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
