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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Local Cures - Farcy

    CBÉS 0444

    Aine Lynch

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    “The man who cured the farcy in horses used take previttops of one-year's growth and place them in a pot of spring water, all the tops in the same direction (apparently the twigs must have been bound together) and boil them very slowly.”

    CBÉS 0507

    P.J. Costello

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    “The "Farcy" in horses can be cured by bottling - that is dosing - the affected animal with water got from wells in three parishes adjoining one another.”

    CBÉS 0507

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  4. Cures for Animals - Farcy in Horses

    CBÉS 0553

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  5. Charm for Farcy

    CBÉS 0559

    Gerald Carew, M. B. Cleary

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  6. Cure for Farcy

    CBÉS 0560

    John Doran, Nora Doran

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    “The dock root will cure farsey in horses. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

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  8. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0771

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  9. Local Cures - Farcy in Horses

    CBÉS 0894

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  10. Local Cures and Doctors - Farcy

    CBÉS 0909

    Thomas Donnelly

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  11. The Cure of the Farcy

    CBÉS 0998

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  12. The Cure of the Feirsey In Horses

    CBÉS 1007

    Patrick J. Clarke

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