School: Ballyboghill
- Location:
- Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 365
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- (continued from previous page)take stains out of clothes Boil ivy leaves and water together. Then wash the clothes in the water and iron them before they are dry.
- Broom is a kind of herb which grows into trees. When horses have certain diseases it is cut up and is given to them to eat. This is a genuine cure. Yarrow is another herb which is found in the fields. It is like a flower with little white blossoms.It is boiled and the juice is drunk by people who have certain inward complaints.
Hemlock is a deadly poisonous plant which is often found through parsley. It is like a small piece of parsley. Ointment is made from it. Bursting Grass is another herb which grows in certain land. It is boiled down and the juice is rubbed on whittles to cure(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Sweetman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
