School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)
- Location:
- Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 167
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- There are a great many cures got from herbs. Rose Noble is a cure for a sprain. Pound it up and make a tight bandage of it round the sprain.
The seeds of Dickens are a very good cure for Bronchitis. Boil the seeds and drink the juice of them. Chickenweed roasted is a good cure for a swelling. The juice of nettles cures the measles. The bark of woodbine is a good cure for the Jaundice. Houseleek cures sore eyes. Ivy leaves steeped in vinegar takes away corns. Comfree is used for a cut. In the inside of the stem there is a soft part and it is that, that is used. Slanless leaf is also used for a cut. The person that has the cut must chew it himself. Garlic is a good cure for a cough. Sometimes the people eat it raw and other times they steep it in whiskey and put it on as a rub.
- Informant
- William Feely
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Wardhouse, Co. Leitrim
