School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)
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- Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Caitlín Madders
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- (continued from previous page)of a cut. The juice of the Gilcock was believed good for curing pleurisy and rheumatism.
Ionán-na sceice-gile was boiled for 24 hours, and when cool it turned into jelly. If one took 2 or 3 spoonfuls of this it cured them of any pains.
The Garlic was boiled, and the juice was used to cure "black-leg" on cattle.
There is a red spot in the middle of St Patrick's leaf, and it is said that this is a drop of blood from Our Lord's heart. This leaf is a wonderful cure for a toothache, and for healing sores, but the berries which grow on it are deadly poisonous.
The juice of the Hoe-root was good to cure sprains, and the leaf itself was good to heal cuts.
The root of the buttercup was boiled and the juice was good to cure a toothache.
The léisce is a poisonous herb, and if a cow ate it she would swell, and her mild would never be of any good after.