1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí

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

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 164

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 164

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí
  2. XML Page 164
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    1. An old Protestant woman had this cure and she would not give it to any one. It was for a burn. The bark of the elder tree, the root if the dog-leaf, mutton suet, bees-wax. Boil them all together and then strain them into a glass jar than and it will make a very good plaster.
    2. In the olden days they used to go to the glens and gather little penny-leaves boil them strain them and then add lime-water, the white of an egg and a small piece of unsalted butter, mix them all together and put
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Margaret O Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Camp, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Anne O Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Camp, Co. Kerry