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School: Rush (C.) (roll number 16125)

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Rush, Co. Dublin
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Mrs Monahan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 198

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    "hock and Groundel" were the most popular herbs for curing among our ancestors. A poultice of hawk, groundsel and wheaten meal wet with the dregs of porter was supposed to draw any abcess or boil. Wild celery was the best cure going for rheumatism and also for purifying the blood. There still lives an old man in Rush who mixes bottles of "celery and spring water" and sells them as a blood tonic.
    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
    Kathleen Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rush, Co. Dublin