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1. Local Cures

   

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   In Ireland long ago people had their own cures for sore eyes, sickness and so on. People who had sore eyes or pains in their bones used to visit holy wells and wash their eyes and feet in the water. In most cases they used to be cured. People who suffered from toothache used to bite off a frog's leg as a cure. If a person had a burn goose grease was rubbed to it. There is a well in Ballyvourney (Co.Cork) which people visit to get relief from sore eyes and so on. they wash their eyes and feet in the well.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   My home district in Lyreatough in the parish of Kilcummin. There are about 60 people in the townland. McCarthy is the most common name in the townland. There are only a few thatched houses in the townland. The others are covered with zinc and slate. New houses are very numerous in our district. There are only three old people in our district who knows Irish. Their names are James Neill, Con McCarthy and Pat Carroll.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Maulyarkane, Co. Kerry

   Collector

   Mary Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Maulyarkane, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Pat Ryan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Maulyarkane, Co. Kerry