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School: Anabla

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Anablaha, Co. Kerry
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Máighréad Ní Théacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 092

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    Long ago the people had their own cures. To stop bleeding a key was put down your back and you had to lie down on the ground. To cure a toothache people used to grind a frog's leg with their teeth. People visited hold wells to get cures for diseases. The cure for sore eyes was to wash them with cold tea. The seventh son is supposed to have the power to cure diseased, and a person born on Easter Sunday has power to cure also. If you had a sore head you should sew ivy leaves together in the form of a cap and put them near the fire. Then you should wash your head with carbolic soap, and when the hair was dry you should put the ivy on top of your head.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toornanaunagh, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tim Brosnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Toornanaunagh, Co. Kerry