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School: Naomh Muire, Donadea (roll number 16777)

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Donadea, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S. Ó Fearghail
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    A cure for this disease is take down the May bush off the hedge. Hang it up over the cattle and to leave it there until the following May. Then you must burn it and put up a new one. This is a cure for milk fever in cattle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
            1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid P. Heffernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonkeevan, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs D. O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    57