School: Leitir Mhic an Bhaird (Robertson) (roll number 15283)
- Location:
- Leitir Mhic an Bhaird, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nábla Nic Amhlaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054, Page 377
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- (continued from previous page)The water in which young nettles are boiled is taken as a blood cleaner.
Some people cook young nettles and use them as a vegetable.The leaf of the dandelion is given as food to young turkeys. It is said that the juice of the leaf is a blood cleaner also.Bogbean is gathered in a mountain lough. It doesn’t grow in all loughs. The people gather it and dry it (by the sun.) [sketch of ladder like figure]. They tie it in little bunches and take it to the towns where they get it sold. The juice of it is taken as a medicine. The housewife cuts it in small pieces and boils it in water. When it has simmered for a certain length of time she strains it into a vessel. The water is left to cool and then it is put into a bottle. Each person takes about ½ glass before breakfast.
“It is equally as good to cut the bogbean and pour boiling water on it and then cover it until it cools. Some people add cream-of-tartar and treacle to the liquid.Dulse. Dulse is got in one place in this district. The place in which it is got is very dangerous. People use the plant as a vegetable. It is boiled and butter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nábla Nic Amhlaidhé
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
