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School: Listellick, Tráighlí

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Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0442, Page 442

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    boiled.
    Another cure for sores is to get equal shares of soap and sugar and then [?] and mix them up together into a plaster and then apply the plaster to the sore or boil. They used first cut in the soap very fine and small.
    A cure for heart-burn is to get a cup of milk and then put in a tea-spoon-full of bread soda and water into it and then drink it. Some people used to put the soda into a glass of water.
    A cure for tender eyes is to bathe them with cold water having a little salt in it.
    A cure for a burn is to apply lard to it and then place ivy-leaves on it and tie a bandage around the poultice and leave it so for a few days.
    A cure for a gripe is to get a tea-spoon full of salt and a tea-spoon full of soda and mix them in a cup of boiled water and then drink the mixture.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs O Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Address
    Listellick North, Co. Kerry