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School: Siolbhrain (Shelbourne) (roll number 5235 or 5484)

Location:
Gortrooskagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Síghle, Bean Uí Thuama
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    take him into a different parish after nightfall. This should be done on a Friday night, a Saturday night and a Sunday night. After the third trip, the child would recover.
    Breitíneach This can be cured by "ferrit's leavings," that means milk should be given to a ferrit, and whatever the ferrit would leave without drinking should be boiled, and given to the sick child to drink.
    Warts If a person who has warts finds water in a hole of a rock, or in the hollow of a tree, and rubs it to the warts, making the sign of the cross with the water, three times, the warts will disappear within three days.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Máire Ní Bhuachalla
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Coolnagoppoge, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Seán Ó Buachalla
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Coolnagoppoge, Co. Kerry