School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máthais Íde
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- I. To cure "the burst" make a poultice of sheep manure and clap it up to it.
II. A poultice of sheep manure cures blood poisoning too.
III. Cow manure cures burns and never leaves a mark.- Collector
- Teresa Stone
- Gender
- Female
- When St Columba came to Kells in 553 he established a monastery there He remained ten years in Kells, and then went to Iona.
We know that about the year 806 when the Danes ravaged Iona the Columbian monks fled to Kells, and took refuge in the Columbian monastery there.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Geraghty
- Gender
- Female