School: Cúl Mín, Inis
- Location:
- Cúil Mhín, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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- There are many weeds growing in Coolmeen. Tortín is a cure for cough. Ivy cures sore eyes in horses.
Chicken weed is food for fowl and pigs. Sea weed cures a sty in your eye. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- George Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gort na hÁithe, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Henry Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gort na hÁithe, Co. an Chláir
- The old people had many cures which was made of herbs. They also used them to feed fowl and other animals. Sleamamlus stops blood, Sweet clover cures sores. Roast it on a cabbage leaf and put it up to the sore. Chicken weed boiled in milk cures broncitis. Dock-leaves cures the burn of a nettle. Sour leaves and other herbs are used for fattening turkeys.
- The names of some of the weeds that grow here(continues on next page)