School: St Peter's, Phibsboro

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1. The Hedgehog (continued)

   

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   infects the pasture. The poison, though harmless to all other animals, is said to set up fatal disease in sheep.

   

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2. Donkeys Infected with Lice

   

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   Donkeys infected with Lice

   Donkeys are liable to be verminous infection namely lice. The treatment adopted by Farney farmers was as follows.

   Boil a quantity of tobacco say tow or three ounces in a couple quarts of water. This solution is vigorously rubbed into the infected parts at regular intervals for a few days after which all traces of vermin will have entirely disappeared.

   

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3. The Birth of a Calf

   

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   The Birth of a Calf: Immediately after a cow has calved it was and is still customary in Farney to sprinkle the new-born calf with a thick coating of oaten meal. The cow licks off the coating and in this way the new-born animal is thoroughly cleaned and all traces of the after-birth adhering to the calf's body are removed.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Séamus Breathnach

   Gender

   Male