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

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Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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    1. If you drink dandelion water you would never be thin.
    2. If you place a withered cabbage leaf near your skin it would cure a pain.
    3. Another cure for a pain is to cut a slice of potato and place it where the pain is.
    4. A cure for asthma is the leaves of the oak.
    5. A cure for a corn is an ivy leaf dipped in vinegar.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crag, Co. Kerry