School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- To Cure Botts in horses No 28
Get some broom, cut up into 1/2 inch lengths Make a bran mash three times a day for the animal and give a couple of handfuls of cut broom in it. After a few days, just give one meal per day, till animal is cured- Collector
- Wilfred Lowry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Miss Dinnen
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Get a piece of copper wire, an inch or two long and cut a hole in the calfs dewlap and insert the wire.Cure for Blackleg, No. 30
Cut the animals dewlap and insert a clove of garlic.
Cure for ringworm in cattle No. 31.
Rub the sore a couple of times a day with black polish till it is cured.
Cure for sore feet in cattle and sheep No. 32.
Bathe the feet a couple of times a day with a solution of bluestone.
Cure for gapes in Fowl. No. 33.
Shut them up in a box and steam them with lime.
To remove Gapes. No. 34.
Open a birds beak. Double a horse hair(continues on next page)