School: Caisleán Gael (roll number 15337)

Location:
Castlegal, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
M. Ó Tiománaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 025

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  1. A grass mouse must be found. This is easy in the harvest season as many can be got in wet meadows. It is killed and then boiled in milk - fresh of course - and given unawares to person who has the complaint.
    It won’t do if he or she knows that the mouse has been boiled in the milk.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English