School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 089
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- (continued from previous page)you would see in the morning with a white horse would tell you to give the child.
Whooping-cough a person having the whooping cough was put three times under a she-ass's belly and at the same time given the female ass's milk to drink. This cure was hard but it was supposed to be unsurpassable.
1. Measles a cure for this was to boil sheep's dropping in milk and give it to the child to drink.
2. It was also supposed that the ferret's leavings of milk was used as a cure for measles.
Craos Galar this is a disease by young children in the inside of their mouths. Long ago the gander was left fasting for three days. Then the gander's beak was put into the child's mouth and his fasting breath was supposed to be a cure for it.
Ring worm a cure for this was to rub sour urine to the infected part.
1. Fever soot of the chimney drank in milk.
2. A cow was milked into a bottle and corked and drank fresh for fever.
Sore eyes. If you rub your fasting spit to them for nine mornings or a wedding ring or black tea.
- A neighbour of mine was born on good Friday and baptised on Easter Sunday and she is a very(continues on next page)
