School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 083
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- (continued from previous page)For warts to rub on the white stuff in the inside of a dandelion.
For sore eyes to wash them in certain holy wells.
For thrush in babies the breath of a goose or gander for nine mornings or the breath of a boy whose father was dead before he was born.
For rheumatic pains goose grease.
For the ring-worm write the persons name around it in ink or draw a circle around it.
For a toothache rub iodine to a piece of catton wool and rub it to the tooth.
If a needle got into the leg or hand a fox's tongue would take it out.
For the measles the food left over after a ferret.
For a toothache to crawl under an open window.
For a corn rub on the juice of a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire S. Níc Dhómhnaill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyard, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Maureen Griffin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clahane, Co. Kerry
