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   boiled and eaten in the Spring purify the blood. Dandelion is good for consumption. Garlic cures black leg in calves. The roots and stalks of butterdalks boiled are good for felon.

   

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2. Herbs

   

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   In olden times the people believed in making up their own ointments and medicines out of herbs. Water cress is a plant which is to be got in marshy land in the Spring of the year. It is a preventitive of scurvy. Garlic prevents black leg in cattle. It is given to them mixed with lard and gun powder. Garlic and dandelion boiled in milk will prevent consumption. Marshmallow has a root somewhat like a carrot

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean Gormley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Garristown, Co. Dublin