School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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- Bad Stomack: -
Cow's water was a cure. It was called "the water of all flowers".
To scrape the skin off the elder tree and boil it in water was another cure.
Sore throat: -
To boil the bark of the oak tree, and mix it with alum was a cure for this.
Sore hand: -
If you robbed a bird's nest you would get a sore hand and the cure for it was a plaster of cow-dung to be put on it.
Craos galar: -
To get a gander and put him in a box, and when morning would dawn(continues on next page)- Collector
- John O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Patrick O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Beennanaspuck, Co. Kerry