School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)
- Location:
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 066
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- 1. The sap of the dandelion is a cure for warts.
2. If you put a hole in a turnip and put salt down in it leave the turnip there for a few days the rub the juice to the wart and it will cure it.
3. There is a well known disease called a treaslow (treaslobhadh) which affects a cow's hoof. When a cow has a treaslow her hoof gets hot and festers. A cure for this disease is a poultice of boiled turnips.
4. When an animal has the black leg dig a sod in the corner of the field where the animal is grazing and it will cure this disease.
5. If you get sore eyes put tea leaves in a bit of cloth and put them to the eyes it will cure them.
6. There is a plant which grows wild on the fences around here called Pinny Winkle. This plant when rubbed to a wart will cure ti.
7. Another plant which grows around here is called Fohram when the leaf of this plant is rubbed to sore teats on a cow it will cure them.
8. If a cow got a blast, sting her udder all over with nettles. Then place the nettles under(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nicholas Grace
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Aglish North, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James Grace
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aglish North, Co. Kilkenny
