School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)
- Location:
- Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)sod and turn it up and looking at the calf and at the same time in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy GhostA cure for stopping blood to put a key next to your skin.For spine disease they used to give the animal an equal mixture of common salt, soot, and Garlic made into thick paste put it into a cloth and put it on the animals tail.For a sore throat they used to get garlic, put it into a cloth and put it to your throat.A cure for goitre is to get the seed of the nettle and take it with jam.A cure for a sow after having bonhams is to boil the Blessed thistle in milk and give it to her to drink.Cure for a scour boil flour and water.Anothe cure for scour was to borrow three duckeggs from their neighbour and give them to the Animal(continues on next page)
