School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0442, Page 467
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- Marsh-mallow was an herb that used to cure colds. It grew in marshy places. The roots were cleaned and boiled into a jelly, it was then mixed with whiskey and put into a bottle, it was then left rest there for 9 days. A large spoon of it was taken as medicine each morning before breakfast until the cold was gone.
To cure the chin cough (whooping-cough) some one from the house used to wait until a man came along riding on a white horse and what ever he advised, was taken as a cure for the (whooping-cough).
To cure a broken bone they pulled the roots of a plant called comfrey. It generally grew in haggards Its height was about two feet and the colour of it's flower was white. The roots were long in shape like a parsnip. It has white flowers.
The roots were washed and thoroughly cleaned and then pounded and then applied to the broken bone as a poultice. It also cured a bad sprain when applied as a poultice.
A cure for chilblains was to rub paraffin oil to them or bathe them with hot water and salt dissolved in it.(continues on next page)
