School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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  1. Chincough: If you met a man on the road riding on a grey horse and if you asked him what would cure the chincough and whatever he would tell you to do would cure it.
    Black leg in cattle: Get a pea of garlic and chop it up and mix it with a little water and dose the beast in it.
    A murrin in cattle: 2lbs salts, 2lbs treacle, 1/2 oz ginger and a 1/2 glass of nitre. Mix all up together and dose the beast after being 4 hours fasting.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Tipperary