School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)
- Location:
- An Coillín, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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weed is boiled in a few saucepans of water and when it is boiled well strain it into gallon and give the water to a sick beast and that it would cure them.
It is also said that if the presuck is boiled in about a quart of water and when it is boiled strain the water into a gallon and put it into a bottle and leave it for a couple of days and then give it to a person who has pains and it will cure them.
The thistles nettles and chicken-weed espiacally grow where land is bad.
It is said that if a person has warts and opens a thistle and rubs the white thing which is inside the thistle to the warts and that they will go away in a couple of days. If a person touches the fringe of a nettle with their hands it will leave a very sore blistor on their hands.
My uncle named Thomas Kearney told me this information and he is 41 years.
Michael Cunningham, Toneywarden, Lisryan.
- Collector
- Michael Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tamhnaigh Uí Bhardáin, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Thomas Kearney
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 41
