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School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)

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Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
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Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 130

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    lived in Carnadore.
    A great many of these herbs are cures for certain diseases. Nettles, Bogbean, Arnuts, and Rosenoble are used for purifying the blood Rosenoble is also used for lung and liver trouble.
    Ripplegrass is used for stopping bleeding. Whins, Broom, and heather grow along fences, and in boggy places. They are used for food for horses.
    For pigs or hens. Rosenoble is also good for them.
    A cure for the measles is nettles […] up and the juice is drunk. Other herbs which I have not mentioned are Gooseberry thorns, and Black-currants. The Gooseberry thorns are usefull [sic] for sore eyes. For the cold Black – currants are used as a cure.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belalt, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Joseph Carlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Belalt, Co. Donegal