School: Kilnaleck (B.)

Location:
Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 068

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 068

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  1. There is a hill near Crosskeys which is pronounced Sliabat where Ir the pagan herb man used to live long ago. He sued to go around in his chariot telling the people about the cures and lecturing on herbs.
    He used to boil the roots of dockings for jandice. The slimy substance between the bark and the tree of the elm was used as a cure for cancer.
    Dandelion was pounded and milk or buttermilk was poured on it and it was drunk every morning and it was a good cure for consumption.
    Ir was afterwards killed by an arrow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. To cure a wound on a horse's breast caused by the collar irritating the breast and to toughen the skin oakbark was boiled and the water applied to the horse's breast.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
            1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan