School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)
- Location:
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)A disease known as “blackleg” is sometimes very prevalent in cattle. The people of this district have different ways of curing it. Some turn a sod upside down in the corner of the field in which the affect animal grazed. Others get the leg of a cow or calf that died with the disease and hang it up in the chimney. In some houses throughout the district this leg my still be seen in the chimney.
- Collector
- John Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Madden
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88