School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Áirne
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: An tSr. M. Déaglán An tSr. Marie Thérèse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 277
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- (continued from previous page)to put it under and over a donkey's stomach nine times would cure it.
5) if a child had the thrush to breathe into its mouth would cure it.
6) If a person had a headache to rub cold water to their fore-head would ease the pain.
7) If a person got a burn to heat it to the fire would ease the pain.
8) To put a spoon of loaf sugar to four spoons of lemon juice and drink the mixture before going to bed would cure a sore throat.
9) If a person had boils to heat soap and sugar and put it to the boil it would clear it away in two days.
(see page 61)
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Csrthy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Teernaboul, Co. Kerry
