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School: Listellick, Tráighlí

Location:
Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Page 021

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    Ivy- leaves and fresh lard boiled together is a cure for the itch in animals (?) (?) on to the itchy part
    garlic boiled in new milk and given to a dog to drink cured him of the fits or hysteria.
    The cure for the (?) was to put the hen into a bag and also throw in with to a saucer of lime and then stoke the bag well and when the hen was taken out after a few days the (?) would be gone. The lime dust killed the worms in her throat which caused (?)
    The cure for a lard or flagged udder was to rub on fresh lard and blue ointment to it-
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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
    John Counihan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Kerry