School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)
- Location:
- Monksland, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 305
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- A lot of herbs grow along the road-side and in the fields they are as follows :- the copper leaf, the carpenters leaf, chicken weed, sky daisy and the dandelion.
The copper leaf is a very big green leaf and will cure a sting of a nettle in a few minutes.
The carpenters leaf is a small leaf and is used for curing and healing a sore.
The sky-daisy is a small flower and it is found growing on top of a ditch. It is a cure for pains but is always boiled before it is used.
The dandelion is also a cure for pains and long ago when there were no doctors the dandelion was the chief cure of the old people.
The sky-daisy in olden days was a cure for boils, this cure is still used.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nan Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Petestown, Co. Louth
