School: Scartaglen (roll number 8184)
- Location:
- Scartaglin, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: D. Ó Dubháin E. Ó Murchú
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- One of the cures for a toothache was to rub the leg of a frog to the tooth, that was supposed to cure it.
Sore eyes.
A cure for sore eyes was to put cold water into them.
Poultices for cuts were made out of roots of dog leaves; boiled it was the best cure.
Cures for sick bonares were to boil the roots of a briar and the water that would be left, give it to them to drink.
A cure for dogs is to boil the heath that grows in the bog, and give the water to them to drink. To cure warts in animals tie waxcord around them.- Collector
- Pierce Wynne
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Richard Wynne
- Gender
- Male