School: Mianaigh (roll number 10565)
- Location:
- Moyny Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlis Ní Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)BLAIN IN CATTLE was cured by burning straw and soot under the head.
WORM in a cow's tail. - soot, salt, and tobacco were mixed and put into the tail.
SORE HOOFS from walking on wet land were cured by drawing a hempen rope between the hoof until it bled.
CONSTIPATION in cattle - salt, soot and pennyworth were given. Garlic was given to a cow that had a SURFEIT.
For SCALE[?] on the eye, salt was spit from a person's mouth into the eye.
VERMIN in cattle. They were rubbed with ashes.
MANGE was a common disease. The animals were rubbed with tobacco-water.
FAREY in horses was cured by cutting the toe-vein and allowing the bad blood to run. Water from cow stall yard was thrown on them.
COLIC was cured by giving turpentine and whiskey. Sour cream was given to a horse(continues on next page)
