1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

Location:
Blennerville, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 030

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 030

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville
  2. XML Page 030
  3. XML “Old Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    keep looking at your nails.
    12. For to stop your hand from bleeding, cob-web.
    13. For boils, soap, and sugar.
    14. For a sty, rub your fasting spit to it for nine mornings.
    15. For measles, boil sheep's droppings and water together, then strain it and drink the water.
    16. For corns, boil an ivy-leaf in a cup of water, and wash it three times an hour.
    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
    Rosie O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonavane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Timothy O' Brien
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Tonavane, Co. Kerry