School: Ballyboghill
- Location:
- Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 367
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- People with rheumatism boil wild celery, a small green plant which grows in shady places and drink the juice. This does not altogether cure the rheumatism but it clears the blood.
There is an herb called butte[?] dalk which will cure the sting of a nettle. It is a broad green lead and is to be found where nettles grow.
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- Informant
- John Savage
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knightstown, Co. Dublin
