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School: Mágh Glas, Fethard

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Moglass, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Labhrás Ó Núnáin
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    MURRIN

    The symptoms:
    1) The eyes appear to go back in her head
    2) The water that they pass is of a red colour
    3) They appear in pain and will not graze

    Cures
    1) Buy a pint of porter and boil it in a saucepan. Mix four spoons of ginger and put the mixture in a bottle. Give it to the cow as hot as she will drink it.

    BLACKLEG
    The Symptoms
    1) The leg gets very big and swollen.
    Cure
    When a calf dies with black leg, cut off the leg and stick it up the chimney. It is said as long as the leg is up the chimney no other calf will get the blackleg.

    TETHERS
    The Symptoms
    When a calf gets tethers the hair falls off. She scratches herself against the wall. After a while she begins to bleed, where the place is sore. This skin disease can be cured.
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    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rathmooley, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Robert Stanley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Foulkstown, Co. Tipperary