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1. Herbs (continued)

   

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   brandy. St. Patrick's leaf is a cure for burn, it is just placed on the burn. The "Cradan" boiled along with lime-water and a half pint of whiskey to a half gallon of water is a cure for.
   The Dandelion if chewed is good for the liver. The bog-beam is good for pains. Chicken weed is good for poultices - it is roasted on a lid and placed on the wound.
   Herbs used as food :-
   (a) Water-grass boiled with bacon like cabbage
   (b) Nettle boiled with bacon
   (c) The docken and the "forsin" for animals, it is cut up finelly and put into a pot of gruel.
   (d) The dandelion is often mixed with gruel for fowl.
   Principal Poisons:-
   (a) Bog beam and the yew tree. There is poison in almost every herb growing, except the carrot.

   

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2. Herbs

   

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   The Ragwort is the only weed that harms our farm. It spreads rapidly and it destroys the grass. It seeds every year and the wind scatters the seeds through the land and in this way its numbers increase every year.
   The fox-glove or glove of the fairies, is, it is said, when made into broth and used as medicine a cure for sore throat. The dandelion when boiled is said to be tonic for nerves.
   The thistle and the dock are said to grow only on good soil. Scutch grass and "black heads" always grow on bad land.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mona O' Grady

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathrippin, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Edward O' Grady

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   45