School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)

Location:
Killarney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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  1. The rough side of an ivy leaf will draw a wound.
    The smooth side of the same leaf will heal a wound.
    A cure for broken chilblains was one pint of sweet oil, three ounces of Venice turpentine, half an ounce of lard, three ounces of beeswax. These were placed in a saucepan over a gentle heat. It was stirred with a bone spoon. Then it was applied with a linen cloth.
    For a horse's swollen joint hemlock was boiled, root and all, and it blistered the leg and when it dried it had to be taken off and a new lot put on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan O' Meara
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    C. O' Meara
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Knockeenduff, Co. Kerry