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School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)

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Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
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Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 168

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    There are a great many cures got from herbs. Slanless cures a cut. Comfree also cures a cut. Chickenweed cures a swelling. The way people use the chickenweed is they roast it in a pot and put it on the swelling, hot. Clay is also used for swelling. Bogbing is good for a bad stomach. The Penny leaves cures a burn. Ivy leaves boiled cures a cut. The people wash the cut with the water you boil the leaves in. Nettles boiled are good for measles. The people drink the water they boil the nettles in with new milk. Bark of Woodbine is used for jaundice. Rose Noble is used for a sprain. pound it up and make a tight bandage of it round the sprain. Garlic is used for a cough. The person that has the cough eats the Garlic raw.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Martin Mc Gurran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Agharroo, Co. Leitrim