School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Killavullen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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- Mrs J. Leahy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Annakisha, Co. Cork
- Water in which nettles have been boiled and to which a little salt has been added is a good cure for red water in cattle.
- Hot porter not boiling is a good cure for measles.
To cure a wart cut a mangle in two and put one portion up to the wart.
To tie a piece of goat's skin in the hole of a calf's ear is a good cure against black-quarter in calves
The white of an egg mixed with sugar is an(continues on next page)
