School: Ahane (C.) Lisnagry (roll number 563)
- Location:
- Ahane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: L. T. Walsh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0524, Page 034
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- 1/ If a horse had sand-cracks to put tar to them is a cure for horses hoofs.
2/ A seton is a cure for horses diseased hip. Put the seton in between the flesh and the skin then draw it up and down for a while.
3/ Quick-bean burned and then put it near the norse to inhale it is a cure for strangles.
- Collector
- Kathleen Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnagry, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Hanly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnagry, Co. Limerick
- Get ivy leaves off a white-thorn bush and chew them. Then spit it into the cows eye is a cure for blindness in a cows eye.
2/ If a cow had weakness in her milk to drive her into the river and the cold water would cure it.
3/ To rub lard to sore tits is cure for cows sore tits (grease).
4/ To rub wagon grease to sore tits would also cure them.(continues on next page)
