School: Harold (B.), Dalkey
- Location:
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoláin
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23-5-38 There is a plant called the rock plant. It can only be got in the month of May and under rocks. About forty years ago people used to go out and get some of them. Then they used to squeeze the juice out of them and rub it on a sore and in a few days the sore would be cured.
From Mrs Byrne
6 Tram terrace Dalkey
Age 36 years
- Collector
- Mortimer Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- There is a man named Mr O Neill who lives on Tubbermore Avenue. Long ago when the old people were bleeding and they could not stop it they used to go up to the man and he used to say a little prayer and in a few minutes the bleeding(continues on next page)
