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School: Tearmonn, Cill Chaoi

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Termon West, Co. Clare
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Máire Ní Chathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0628, Page 281

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  1. Herbs

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    The use of herbs in treating diseases was a very common practice long ago.
    1. Garlic or cloves boiled in 1 pt. of milk (10 times) for Sciatica.
    2. Buachalan boiled in water to be bathed on painful muscles or joints.
    3. Groundsel to be pounded and juice used to cure jaundice.
    4. Silverweed drawn like tea was
    used to cure fits.
    5. Ivyleaved toad flax drawn like
    tea and used to cure fits.
    6. Bogmoss boiled in bog-water for use
    in swollen parts or skin eruption.
    7. Dandelion fermented tea in buttermilk used for stomach trouble and consumption.
    8. "Robin run the Hedge" drawn like tea and used for skin trouble.
    9. Marsh or common mallow boiled with hemlock used for bathing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Culhane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilkee, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr J. Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Kilkee, Co. Clare