School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Proinnsias
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- The following are some home cures used by the Irish people in former times, and in remote parts of the country up to the present day:-
1. A Common cold in the Chest:-
Cure - To bathe the feet in hot water and mustard, to give patient hot milk in which an onion has been boiled and get them to bed for a few days. If the patient was not improved a "brew" was made by boiling a herb called "wild sage" sweetening it well and getting the sick person to take half a tea-cup full every morning fasting. This "brew" was also used for Whooping Cough in children.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Cheallaig
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rock Street, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr G. Fernane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rock Street, Co. Kerry