School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0106

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0106

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Castlegrove
  2. XML Page 0106
  3. XML “Luibheanna”
  4. XML “Luibheanna”
  5. XML “Luibheanna”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    and make into a poltice. The person with the sores could not come near it, until it is ready to be put on the sore.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The dandelion is used as a cure for yellow jaundice. They are first steeped in boiling water. They they are strained and boiled. When the water is cold enough it is given to the sick person to drink.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Devaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissananny, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mary Devaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Lissananny, Co. Galway
  3. People eat the nettle in spring for purifying the blood. The nettles are boiled and given to the persons to eat.
    The water cress is
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.