School: Ture (roll number 4328)
- Location:
- Ture, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Coinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 299c
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- Black Leg in Calves : The first Friday after a calf is born, a small piece is cut out of its ear in order to draw the blood.
If it is born on a Friday the preventive is left over till the next Friday.Another Cure : A piece of copper wire is put through the dewlap of the calf. The ends of the wire are twisted in order that it may not drop out.Toothache :
(1) Run round a hayshed three times without thinking about a fox.
(2) Make a promise that you will not do a certain work on a Sunday any more. Write the promise on a slip of paper and hide it in the trunk of a tree. So long as the promise is kept the person will not have the toothache.(continues on next page)
