School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville
- Location:
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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- Toothache Put ginger, or salt, or pepper in it.
Warts Rub your fasting spit to them, or pull the dandelion and rub it into them.
Ringworm Write your name round it with ink.
Searlatina Hot drinks and keep warm.
measles A glass of hot whiskey.
Bleading from the nose. Put keys down the persons back.
Cut Put a Cobweb round it.
Hisscough Drink nine sups of water without drawing your breath.
Whicklow Wrap wet cow-dung round it till it breaks.
Chincough If you see a man riding a white horse and if you say man on white horse what will I give my child for the chincough and what ever he will say if it is a drink of cold water give it to the child and it will cure the child.
Rheumatic Put a potatoe into your pocket until the pains are gone.
Boils Put a leaf of common tobacco up to it.
- Collector
- Anne Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
