School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)An other local cure for sore-throat was to get a glass of hot water and to put two tea-spoonfuls of home made black currant jam into it and then to drink the mixture.
The old cure for a stye in the eye was to get cold strained black tea and rub it to the stye.
- The cure for a tooth-ache was to rub tobacco ashes to your teeth after each meal.
A cure for a black eye was to rub the black eye with a piece of fresh beef steak. - Informant
- Denis Hannifin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Leath West, Co. Kerry
- Caraígeen moss boiled and mixed with brown sugar and lemon juice was taken when going to bed and again when fasting in the morning. It is supposed to be a great cure for sore-throat.(continues on next page)
