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School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

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Castleisland, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 165

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    into a bottle and this was one of the best cures that could be had for a burn.
    3. If a person got a cut he would go out to the ditch and pull a fist of olaunless, chew it in his mouth and put it to the cut and this would stop the blood immediately.
    4. If you drank dandelion water it would make you very fat.
    5. A cure for asthma is to drink a cup of thyme tea.
    6. A cure for a burn is lime water.
    7. Unwashed sheeps wool was a cure for corns - the oil in it was supposed to cure them.
    8. There was a belief long
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    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
    Margaret O Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Camp, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Anne O Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Camp, Co. Kerry