School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 366
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“This is the way the people would trap birds long ago.”
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“The "pip" is a disease in young turkeys and chickens.”
The "pip" is a disease in young turkey and chickens. If the young fowl are left out early in the morning when the grass is wet with dew they pick up a little worm and it sticks in their throats. After a few days the chicken begin to fade away and start a sneezing cough which is called the "pip". The cure is tobacco-water. The way to make it is to break up a few leaves of tobacco in a cup and to pour a little boiling water over it and let it draw for a while until it gets strong like tea. Then when it gets cold you catch the chickens and open their bills and pour a little tobacco-water down their throats with a spoon. the chickens then lie out so if they were drunk from the tobacco-water and when they wake they are cured, for the worm is dead but you must be careful not to give them too(continues on next page)