School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)
- Location:
- Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 412
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- The people in Gallowhill long ago had cures for animals as well as persons.
Here is the way they cured a cow that would take a "derb" when she would be drinking water.
A "derb" is a small little black fly with a hard back which lives in water, and if she was not cured before three days it would kill her. They would get three of the "derbs" and tie them in a red flannel cloth and hang them on the "crook" over the fire, and when they were dead, the one in the cow's stomach would be dead.
- Collector
- Gerrard Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
