Volume: CBÉ 0265

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1. Cures (continued)

   

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   Influenza - Give ass a bucket of water to drink & keep bucket filled until it has had enough. Drink what's left.

   Sheep dung is applied to cuts on a horse or to sore udder on a cow.

   Cows urine is used for chilblains, chapped hands and cracked feet & also for cleansing dirty feet.

   Soot & butter is a cure for sore mouth of a lamb.

   Sheep scour - strong tea

   Calf scour - mix tea with its drink

   Blood [morning murn?] - Raw eggs (shells & all)

   Boils - Put sorrel leaves in lump & cover with cabbage leaves & tie with binding twine & leave in fire until twin[e] burns off & cabbage gets black. Apply to boil & it will make it soft so that when removing the leaves the top of the boil will come with it

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