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School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0108

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    People eat nettles in Spring for purifying the blood. The Nettles are boiled and then eaten. Water crest is eaten for purifying the blood. To boil elder leaves and drink the water is a cure for Yellow Jaundice. Chicken weed is good for poulticing a sweeling.
    A weed called "Búcail An Tíg" grows on the gable of a tatched house and it is a cure for rheumatism.
    People do no cut the white Thorn because the crown of thorns that Our Lord wore was made from a white thorn bush and the old people say that the fairies dance around it every night.
    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
    Aidan Blake
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilconly, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mary Blake
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Kilconly, Co. Galway