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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    Yellow root would poison anything that would drink it. or dando
    dandoline is also used for poison.
    Cunfay is used for a sprain to keep it up to it for a while. Caistreabhán is used for feeding pigs or hens or chickens. Nettles are boiled in water and if a cow had a blood morn the water of the nettles would cure would cure her. Rushes grow in wet land. felestriom grow in poor land. Thistles grow in rich good land. A dog leaf would cure the burn of a nettle
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Sithigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Richard Sheehy
    Gender
    Male