School: Craughwell (B)
- Location:
- Craughwell, Co. Galway
- Teacher: E. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0135
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- 1) A ball of blue mixed through milk or water will cure fits in dogs.
2) Chimney soot mixed with water or milk would also cure it.
3) Dip the dog's head in water.
4) Spill paraffin oil into the dog's ear.
5) Open the dog's mouth and put bluestone into it.
6) Garlic will cure it
7) When a dog has a fit throw him into water and the fright will cure him.
8) Give the dog a dose of linseed-oil.Fluke1) The seed of the garlic.
2) The male fern.Red-Murrin
1) To boil first crop rye grass and give the juice of it to the cattle.
2) Get "roe-ver-gree" it grow on the top of large rocks on the mountains, mix it(continues on next page)
