School: Castlefleming, Ballybrophy (roll number 12223)
- Location:
- Castlefleming (Giles), Co. Laois
- Teacher: Miss Olive Warren
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 251
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- Broom is good for horses when they are getting thin.
Salt and butter-milk is good for sick cattle.
To cure a wart, take a snail and rub it on the wart, and put the snail on a high wall to crawl away.
To cure burns make an ointment of laurel leaves.
The Roes of Ballykelly, have a recipe to cure cancer.
