School: Baile Bran, Ogonollae
- Location:
- Ballybran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 028
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- (continued from previous page)and when they would coming in to meet them half way with a bucket of water and throw the water at them
Blane - If a cow or calf were suffering from the blane they used to be cured by putting a cut in their ear
A broken leg - A broken leg was mended in a short time by a weed known as the wax weed. When they were bandaging a broken leg they rubbed the juice of the wax weed on the leg first.
A scald in a cow or calfes leg - A scald was cured by the blue-stone and car grease mixed together.
Chillblains - The best cure for chilblains is to wash them in snow water or in pickle water
Cuts - cuts were cured by a cobweb, which should be put on before the bandage.
- Collector
- Sarah Mulcahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagleragh, Co. Clare
