School: Scartaglen (roll number 8184)
- Location:
- Scartaglin, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: D. Ó Dubháin E. Ó Murchú
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- Local CuresThe cures that the people had long ago were best of all.
The cures they had for a toothache was to take a smoke, or to warm flour and put it into a cloth and tie it around your head.
Sore eyes, the best way to cure sore eyes is to bathe them with black tea or to rub a gold ring and make the sign of the cross over it.
If a person long ago had cuts or boils they used to cure them with a boiled potatoe. They had a great cure long ago for a bonham; they used to give him briar water. Another great cure they had for cuts was to make ointment out of the juice of a dog leaf and sour cream.
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- Christie Wynne
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Richard Wynne
- Gender
- Male
