School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 388

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  1. my father told me the way they used to cure cuts long ago was the people used chew stan-las and put it up to cuts and it would cure it.
    The way to cure toothache is to put a poultice of yellow-meal to their jaw and it would cure it.
    The way for curing tetters is to bathe the tetters in washing soda every morning and night and it would cure them.
    The way they would cure boils is to put the jowl of a hot bottle around the boil and it would cure it.
    The way they used to cure jaundice is to boil wood-lice in water and drink the water three times a day.
    The way they used to cure calves is to make nine over them.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Granville
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortcurreen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    J. Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Gortcurreen, Co. Kerry