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1. Local Cures - Snaidhm na Péiste

   

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   This is a special kind of knot made on a cord over the back of an animal (cow, bullock, calf) that had swallowed a worm and which was rolling and kicking with pain. This is supposed to kill the worm etc inside the animal. It is also called "The Vanishing Knot." The knot is made in such a way that when the two ends of the cord are pulled, the knot disappears. The making of the knot cannot be described in words. It must be seen and practised to become skilled in making it.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
               1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
                  1. worms (~35)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Carty

   Gender

   Male

2. Local Cures - Gólóg na nAlt or Góilín na nAlt

   

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   This is a swelling of the joints rendering the person unable to move his legs.

   Water from the mearing of three Estates (i.e. where three estates meet) is rubbed to the joints by certain person to whom the cure is handed down. A woman near Ardee

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