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1. Uses of Unsalted Butter and Goose Grease (continued)

   

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   good for new shoes, as it preserves the leather, and the old people always used to rub it on a corn, as it is very good for softening the corn.

   

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2. Uses of Unsalted Butter and Goose Grease

   

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   Unsalted butter is used for many purposes. When my mother makes a churning, she always puts a [?] of unsalted butter on the side of the dresser. Unsalted butter is a very good cure for cuts and sores of all description. If a cow had a sore udder to rub unsalted butter on it, is a very good cure. To rub unsalted butter on a sty is a very good home cure.
   Goose-grease is very useful. My mother keeps it in a jam jar in the dresser. Long ago[?] the people did not use polish at all. They used to rub goose-grease on their shoes, and it was much better for the leather than polish. It used to soften the leather, and made it fine. Goose-grease is very good for swollen arms, and legs, if you rub goose-grease of it the swelling will reduce.

   

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   English

   Collector

   Úna Ní Laighléis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortluggagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Pat Lawless

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Gortluggagh, Co. Galway

3. Uses of Unsalted Butter and Goose Grease

   

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   The people up to the present day consider unsalted butter a great cure for a lot of sores and swelling. Long ago the people considered unsalted butter mixed with the juice of buachaill tighe, a great remady for boils, and

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