School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
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- In the olden days the people used go to the glens and gather little penny leaves, boil them strain them and then add lime water, white of an egg and a small piece of unsalted butter, mix them all together and put into a bottle and this was one of the best cures that could be had for a burn.
If a person had the whooping cough, and any member of the family out on business and by accident came upon a man with a white horse. He could ask the man what would cure the child and anything(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullaghmarky, Co. Kerry