School: Cill Phian
- Location:
- Ardnagor, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)Sheep's kidney.If any two in one family eat the kidneys it will break out on one of them in the shape of a kidney. A Father and mother and child can eat it with no bad effects. If not cut out it will grow as big as a sod of turf.Scer-cloc.The name of the moss for dying wool is scer-cloc. It grows on the rocks like a scab. It grows plentifully down in pó-Coil but it does not grow here.Dog-bite.To cure a dog's bite suck the wound well. Kill the dog and apply a piece of his liver to the wound. Some of the dog's hair put to the wound is a cure also. The herb known as pear-a-bán is good for cattle. Long ago the people used to put the weeds in creels when weeding, and give them to the cattle.
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