School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)
- Location:
- An Tulaigh Mhóir, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Gearóid Mac Piarais
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- (continued from previous page)40. A cure for a calf that is wild after being let out is to cut off a little bit of his ear, and then he gets quite tame.
41. Old people long ago put a horse's straddle on a cow's back when she had pleurisy, and she was cured.
42. A very good cure for chillblains is to bathe them in hot water and afterwards to rub some parafin oil. - 43. If you got a pain in your side when you were going the road if you spat under a stone it would go away but nobody should know it nor should anybody see you.
44. A cure for a cold in the chest is to rub bacon lard to it and it gets better.
45. A cure for a pain in your ear is to roast an onion and put it up(continues on next page)- Collector
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