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School: Listellick, Tráighlí

Location:
Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Page 024

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    A cure for the prevent BLACK-QUARTER, is, when a cow is young, the farmer holes her PROCHALL, that is the long loose dewlap flesh under her throat, he then puts a light very short tarred rope through this hole in the Prochall. He then makes a knot on each end of this short tarred rope so that it will not completely pass through or fall from the Prochall and this was supposed to keep the cow from getting the black-quarter (called in some places) the blue-quarter (also called sprochar (?) dewlap)
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
            1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Listellick North, Co. Kerry