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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Béal Átha Feorainne, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    An herb of rib grass broken up on a bit of timber or a stool with a hammer or mallet and mixed with a bit of unsalted butter will cure a sore or a cut. A cure for calf-pox or wild-fire is to clean the hearth stone and put a fasting spit on the hearth and be rubbing the spit until it is like a paste and rub it on the sore for nine mornings.
    A mixture of carbolic soap and some sugar will cure boils.
    If ringworm, it is of no use applying any class of ointment, as I understand they are of no use. The seventh or eighth son
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Ros Comáin