School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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- There is a great cure in the dandelion. It cures dropsy and kidney trouble.
In Spring a yellow flower comes out on this plant. The people pull those flower and boil them.Then they are drained and the juice is boiled. It cannot be used for three weeks.
The dandelion is an herb which is seen growing on ditches or in fields.
- Informant
- Dominick Raftery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lissalway, Co. Roscommon
- There is a townland near the town of Ballaghdereen called Tibohine. It got its name from Saint Bohine.
This saint lived as a lonely hermit for several years in a little cell or hut. He built a chapel there and used to say Mass in it for the people in the Penal Days. The ruins of the chapel are to be seen yet.
