School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)
- Location:
- Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Caitlín Madders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 303
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- (continued from previous page)When turkeys were a few weeks old boiled nettles were chopped finely and put through the meal.
This made them strong, and put red heads on them.
St. Patricks leaf or by another name the "good leaf" was good to cure sores.
When one had a sore on her hand or leg the leaf was put on the sore and it healed it.
The foxglove or deadly night shade is deadly poisonous, but it is used in the making of ointment.
The juice of it was never used for drinking but it was used for a pain in the chest. The plant was boiled for an hour and the juice was mixed with linseed meal and used in poulticing.
It kept the meal warm for a long time and for this reason they used it often.
The marshmallow was regarded as a wonderful herb long ago. It was boiled and the juice was left for a few hours till it got cold, and as stiff as ointment. Then it was put on cuts, and sores(continues on next page)
