School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- of the water and it would cure it.
If a person had a sore throat to drink forge water that was after cooling the horse-shoe before they were put on the horse and it would cure it.
If a child had a sore head that could not be cured kill a hare and skin him and put the skin around the child's head and turn the fleshy side in and it would cure it.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Jim Kennelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- J.J. Kennelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- (continued from previous page)When a person got a cut they used to put a leaf of green cabbage to it or a leaf of St Patrick's plant.
Rain-water and cold tea are cures for sore eyes.
An old cure for a headache is to walk backwards.
A roasted onion is supposed to be good for