School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)

Location:
Killarney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 226

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Day flour baked in a pan is good for erysipelas.
To dip a red poker into a cup of milk three times is good for erysipelas.
To give milk to the ferret and whatever he leaves give it to the child as a cure for whooping cough
Three doses of nettles in the month of April will prevent any disease for the rest of the year.
Get the red dandelion, boil it and draw it thin until it is made into juice, then let it cool. This is the best cure for the heart.
Fresh oak leaves put into the shoes are

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Collector
Maureen Flynn
Gender
female
Informant
Mrs Twomey
Gender
female
Language
English