School: Kilgobnet (C.) (roll number 7842)
- Location:
- Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhoghladha
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- (continued from previous page)They were all mixed together and boiled into a liquid. Then it was let get solid. When solid is was put into a box and a bit of it cut off and boiled to liquid when wanted.
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“A fox's tongue was used to draw out a thorn or a chip.”
A fox's tongue was used to draw out a thorn or a chip. It was applied like a poultice. The Breans of Gordnascarry were great cow and horse doctors for generations.An old woman at Ballymalro had a cure for bone-disease. She used herbs.The water that lodged in a sdone was used to cure warts. It was rubbed on for nine days. A gold ring rubbed on to a stye in the eye was a cure.