School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Caitlín Madders
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    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.
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