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School: Listellick, Tráighlí

Location:
Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Súilleabháin
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    When a horse gets internal worms the owner gets Irish Furze (Aiteann Gaedhilg) and after cutting it up he mixes it with cut-up-mangolds or turnips and then gives the mixture to the horse to eat and that cures him of the internal worms.

    When an animal got ring-worm, the cure was that the owner got half-a-pound of lard and a quarter pound of sulphur and he mixed them together until they became like butter and the mixture was then applied to the ring worm with a quill.
    To cure Spavin the fetlock was fired with an iron. The iron was shaped like an knife and when it was red the skin of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
            1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Listellick North, Co. Kerry