School: Drumdigus (B.), Cill Mhuire (roll number 13478)
- Location:
- Drumdigus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0600, Page 208
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Boiled milk and pepper.
Juice of roasted lemon with brown sugar and glycerineBronchitisStomach Trouble
Chop dandelion leaves, put in a jar of buttermilk, make air tight and let stand for three weeks.
Folk Cures for Cattle diseasesFor the ruathar péiste belief in the efficacy of [?] na péiste is still current. The ruathar péiste is attibuted to a knot in the guts.Murrain
For murrain the old people up to 30 years ago used the juice extracted from the crobh dearg. I never hear it mentioned now, but I was sent to gather it myself when a boy.Black-quarter
As a preventive, before putting young cattle on aftergrass, a cut is made in the tail of each beast and into the cut is poured a mixture of juice extracted from the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Haugh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Drumdigus, Co. Clare
