School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 381

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  1. This is a cure for a cow if she has the diarrhoea boil milk and give it to her.
    Another way to cure a cow of the diarrhoea give her two glasses of parafin oil.
    This is a cure for a wart- tie silk thread around it.
    If a cow has the diarrhoea give her hat milk and bran.
    If an ass has a cut tail sub car-grease to it.
    Another cure for an ass if he has a cut tail rub cow-dung to it.
    To cure warts you must rub castor oil to them and it weans away bit by bit.
    Or if you have warts get the the same numbers of stones as warts
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry