School: Kildraught (2)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: E. Ní Armhultaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 033
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- 1. When chickens have the gapes, dust fresh lime in a box put the chicken into the box and put the lid on and shake so that the lime goes in to the wine pipe (Heard from Mrs. Anderson Celbridge)
- A hen with the pip to get feather and turpentine and put the feather down the neck.
- 3. Castor oil is a cure for hens cows.
- 4. A horse get a linceed poultice and put it around the neck is the cure for strangles.
- 5. Roasted salt is a cure for thrush in a horse's foot.
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- Informant
- Mr Anderson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- 7. To cure hens legs of rheumatism rub with paraffin oil also for scalds on leg(continues on next page)
