School: Birr (St. Brendan's)
- Location:
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Teachers: S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 010
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- (continued from previous page)Carrig
Birr
- (2) Get ashes and rub it in the ringworm and say a prayer and the ringworm will go.D. Hoctor from William King, Carrig, Birr.
- (3) The cure is to get a wooden egg-cup, pour the blood of a goose into it and cover the top of the egg-cup with muslin and place it on the ringworm and in a day the ringworm will be gone.J. Fox from John Callaghan, The Mall, Thurles.
- BlacklegWhen a cow has blackleg put a piece of garlic into the cow's ear and the disease is cured.T Talbot from T Talbot, Riverside, Birr.
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- Collector
- C.C. Guinan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Informant
- M. O' Donnell
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Currabaha, Co. Tipperary
