School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)

Location:
Tullamore, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Gearóid Mac Piarais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 140

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    40. A cure for a calf that is wild after being let out is to cut off a little bit of his ear, and then he gets quite tame.
    41. Old people long ago put a horse's straddle on a cow's back when she had pleurisy, and she was cured.
    42. A very good cure for chillblains is to bathe them in hot water and afterwards to rub some parafin oil.
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  2. 43. If you got a pain in your side when you were going the road if you spat under a stone it would go away but nobody should know it nor should anybody see you.
    44. A cure for a cold in the chest is to rub bacon lard to it and it gets better.
    45. A cure for a pain in your ear is to roast an onion and put it up
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Breathnach
    Gender
    Female