School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)
- Location:
- Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean an Risigh
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- The people long ago used strange cures. they used hot flour for erysepelas. If they cut their hand they would take a cobweb off the house and roll it round the cut. If a child had a sore head the cure was to warm cabbage and put in on its head. They also put a hare's skin around the head. If a child got the Crease Collar the gander to put his beak in the child's mouth and breathe into the mouth. If there were seven daughters in a family without a son between the seventh daughter had a cure for Ulcers. A child that was born after its father had died(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martha Younge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Bridget Younge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Younge
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Kerry