School: Baile Dubh (C.) (roll number 2493)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Leathlobhair
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- (continued from previous page)The bark of the root of comfrey is a great cure for sprains.
The juice of a root called eye-bright is a cure for sore eyes.
Cob-web and a weed called slánlus were cures for a cut.
Mutton-suet is a great remedy for stiff joints by rubbing it in before the heat of the fire.
An animal with a joint out of place or, an affected spine, is supposed to be cured, by twopence worth of the following: Dragon's Blood, Barrel Pitch, and Burgundy Pitch. These should be melted together and placed on a cloth and then stuck on to the affected part of the animal.
By boiling the flowering yarrow and drinking it, it will cure rheumatism.
A little blue stone and slack lime made into a paste will cure foot-rot in an animal.
Blue stone dissolved in hot water is a great cure for "tethers" in calves.
