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School: Faithlegg (B.), Portláirge (roll number 11614)

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Peter Lyons
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    Written by: William Heffernan (Pupil)
    Cheekpoint
    Material from:
    Brigid Heffernan
    Cheekpoint
    Age - 38 yrs.
    Nettles, ferns, dock-roots, spunk, dande-lions,, robin-run-the-hedge, rushes, chicken - weed, march-march mallow, thisles, sally-grass, wild-parsnips.
    Nettles are used as a medicine for a rash, and also for weak lungs.
    Dandeloins when boiled on milk are used as a medicine for any (king) kind of sickness.
    Robin-run-the-hedge when boiled on milk or water is a medicine for pimples.
    March-mallow when boiled on milk is a good cure for a cough.
    Sally-grass when boiled on water is a medicine for boils.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Brigid Heffernan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford