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School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

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Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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    a stone to cure them, another cure they had for warts was to throw a bag of small stones in the road and the first person who would get the stones would take the warts, people used also rub a raw potato to warts. The seventh son of a family was supposed to have a cure for boils. Besides these cures, people used to have a great knowledge of cures that were to be got from herbs.
    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
    Michael Quille
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrindaff, Co. Kerry