School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)

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   90. Tis on account of a pishogue I got warts. One day I opened a paper bag on Dinny Murphys gate and there were 5 stones in it and after I got warts.
   91. Pain in side spit under stone.
   92. Turpentine on windows drives flies away. Done on May 1st.
   93. If you want to recal anything rub your index finger across your forehead from left to right.
   94. Castor-oil is good for warts in cattle.
   95. Tar cures tettles in cattle.
   96. Burn a corduroy trousers under a pony's nose if he has a cold.
   97. Tar on wool draws a drop in horse's leg.
   98. Pitch on cloth cures a cow whose horn has fallen off.
   99. If a horse hurts his leg, tie up the good leg and let him pop on the bad leg in a boggy place.
   100. Dander of a horse in porter is a strong aperient and dangerous.
   101. If you've a habit of squinting your eyes and if you have them asquint when the wind changes they'll stay that way.
   102. If a crane gets a fright he falls dead.
   103. Sty in eyes rub (i) gold ring (ii) gooseberry thorn (iii) fasting spit.
   104. White juice in dandelion stem 3 morning for warts.
   105. To cure a stutter (i) develop your left hand as by handball (ii) or talk across the river to a fellow and twill go.
   106. Sugar ground up blown through a quill cures a bad eye in a horse.
   107. Raw potato is rubbed when cut to wart or carried whole in pocket for rheumatism.
   108. Porter and tobacco mixed is given to a sulking horse.
   109. Boils: Poultice with: soap and sugar: boiled cabbage:
   110. Butter cup is poison for cows: ivy is good for cows and sheep.
   111. Nettles chopped for hens and turkeys.

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         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

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