School: Drumcar (roll number 16771)
- Location:
- Drumcar, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Mrs Bell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 128
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- When cattle are dishorned they bleed freely often - so people get puff-balls to stop the bleeding.
People say that water found lying in a hole in a rock on a summer day is very efficacious in removing warts.
Garlic is sometimes used as a cure for blackleg. It is put into the dew-lap and left there.
Many sufferers sufferers from eye-trouble visit St Brigid's Well near Dunleer.
