School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 155

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 155

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  1. In the olden days the people used go to the glens and gather little penny leaves, boil them strain them and then add lime water, white of an egg and a small piece of unsalted butter, mix them all together and put into a bottle and this was one of the best cures that could be had for a burn.
    If a person had the whooping cough, and any member of the family out on business and by accident came upon a man with a white horse. He could ask the man what would cure the child and anything
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleisland, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullaghmarky, Co. Kerry