School: Kilgobnet (C.) (roll number 7842)
- Location:
- Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhoghladha
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- (continued from previous page)brought it in the person who had the boils went outside the door and some other person put the herb under the ashes for a bit. It was then taken out and ground between two cloths
the person was met at the door and the herb was applied to the boils. Pains in the back
Potatoes boiled and put into a bag and the people who had the pains used to lie down on them. Hot sand was used in the same way.Tobar Críost
There is a well at Dunloe and anyone who went to it on Saturday evening before the sun set or on Sunday morning before the sun rose would be cured of pains in the bones.
