School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- Long ago when a person got a broken bone or bad sprain their cure was to get the roots of the comfrey (locally called comfort. Its roots were long in shape like a parship. They were washed cleaned and well pounded and then applied to the broken or sprained limb as a poultice and left on until it came off or it's own accord.
To staunch blood: At the foot of the elder tree there grows a kind of moss which is applied to a bleeding cut to staunch it.
- Informant
- Tom Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Ivy leaves and fresh lard boiled together rubbed on to the skin is a cure for the itch.
The cure for a boil is to mix soap and sugar and then put it up to the boil.
The cure for the measles is to drink sheep's milk.
The cure for a burn is to get a lizard (Ea_[?] and rub him to your tongue and then lick the burned part with the tongue.
The cure for a bleeding nose was to put a cold key to your back and then to lie down flat.
