School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 651
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- The dandelion was used as a cure for the stomach and nerves in olden times. It was boiled or eaten raw.
The mullen was used a cure for the lungs. To effect a cure the water in which it was boiled was drank by the patient.
The nettle was used as a purifier of the blood. It was boiled in water and then eaten.
Saltpetre was used as a cure for the kidneys. The quantity of saltpetre which could be placed in a three-penny piece was dissolved in a glass of cold water and drank. This dose was repeated daily till the person affected was cured.
Rheumatism - butter melted in [?] was used as a cure. It was rubbed with the hand to the affected part.
Chin cough - if the parent of a child affected with chin cough met a man riding a white horse and asked him for a cure, the complaint yielded to the treatment prescribed by him (the rider of the white horse).(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Coolbane, Co. Kerry
