School: Lusmagh

Location:
Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Ó Floinn
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  1. 1. The cure for black leg is to cut the skin and put in a piece of garlic.
    2. If you are walking and to get water in a rock rub the water on the (rack) wart.
    3. If you want to keep off flys of a horse is to get leaves of a wallnut tree and give them a boil and juice of the put it on the horse.
    4. Goose greace is good for cramps in a pig.
    5. If you have a headache drink black tea and it will be cure.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Loughlin Dolan
    Gender
    Male