School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1128, Page 024
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- 1. Wild Sage is a cure for pains when it is boiled and strained and the liquid drank
2. The Lus Mór- or soft leaves in the heart of the plant out of which the "Fairy Thimbles" grow - is good for healing a cut. The little hard thread on the back of the leaf should be pulled out and the leaf heated at the fire and applied to the cut.
3. Rib-leaf and cream is good for a cut when it is ground up, and applied to the cut with a little cream[?].
4. Camomile Root is a cure for a toothache. It should be put down on the aching tooth.
5. Penny-leaf is good for boils and chilblains when heated at the fire, and applied to the sores.
6. A Foxe's Tongue will draw a thorn or any foreign substance embedded in the flesh.
7. Cobwebs are used to stop bleeding(continues on next page)
