School: Carrickatee (roll number 16481)

Location:
Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 236

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  1. Long ago when any person or animal took sick some of the people cured them by certain herbs which they usually found on the mountainsides.
    Once upon a time a man had a horse which took a disease called the "Fercey" A neighbour told him of a man who could cure this disease. The person went at once to him and asked him for the cure. He went out and gathered some herbs off the mountain-side. When he came in he put them in a pot and boiled them. He then put the liquid in a bottle and he told the man to put half the liquid in the horse's ears and to tie them tightly. He told them to make the horse drink the remainder. The man did as he was told and in the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Ward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Peter Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan