School: St Columba's, Cloonagh, Granard (roll number 12813)

Location:
Cloonagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peter O'Reilly
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  1. The Rose Well (continued)

    There is a disease that both man and beast suffer from locally called the ''the Rose'' because the portion of the body affected becomes so inflamed that the colour of it becomes as red as a rose.

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    applied on the three days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
    Mr Reilly told me, that you would notice an improvement in the cow's udder from the first bottle was applied, and after the third bottle being rubbed to it, the cow began to give milk from the teats and from that out the cow began gradually to get better.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. erysipelas (~99)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Bernard Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Culleenmore, Co. Longford