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School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid

Location:
Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 020

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    The cure for a toothache is to put a frog's leg into the mouth.
    The cure for warts is to put your spit to your wart for nine mornings before your breakfast.
    If a person had "grace collar" (sore throat) and a person who had never seen his father blew his breath into his mouth, he would be cured.
    There is a cure in forge - water for certain diseases.
    If you put slanlus on moss to a cut it would stop bleeding.
    If you put comfory on boils it would cure them
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English