School: Réidh Ghlas (roll number 14853)

Location:
Knockardtry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pártholán Ó Dálaigh
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    II. Cure for Murn/?
    if a cow got sick and if you went to a wood and got a piece of an oak tree and to boil it for three minutes in water and give the water of it to the cow she would get better.
    Cure for Biles/?
    VII. If a person got biles and if you put Indian meal to them they would go away.
    Cure for warts.
    IV. When people got warts they put meal to them for three days and the third day they throw the meal away and the warts go.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70