School: Drumbibe (roll number 10765)
- Location:
- Droim Badhb, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Tomás Searplaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0223, Page 268
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- Cures for cramps:
Place a 'man-keeper' on a black sally and bring a branch of the black sally with you, and when the animal is affected rub the branch of the sally to him.
Cure for wild fire:
Write the person's name in ink around the wild fire.
Cure of evil eye cast on cattle:
Write all the letter of the alphabet on a piece of paper and burn it on a plate under the animal's nose. This will break the spell.
To prevent black leg in cattle:
Place a lump of garlic under the skin.
Cure for burn:
Rub a mixture of lime water and linseed oil to it.
Cure of red water in cattle:
Boil rusted iron and give the water as a drink to the cattle.
Cure for jaundice:
Boil wild violets in milk and drink the milk.
Cure for "Garnagala"
Who ever first notices the beast suffering must hit it three times with some part of their clothing while doing so say each time, in the name of the [?]
Cures for Chincough:
A. Eat a ferrits leavings
B. When a man and woman of the same name(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Denis Aidan Mc Teigue
- Gender
- Male
