School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 227
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- A herb grows among potatoes, the juice of which is a cure for warts.
The juice of a scooped turnip to which salt is added is another cure for warts.
Lianán Muire - a herb which grows among stones. Cure for kidney trouble.
Ivy - leaf of ivy is a cure for stone-bruise.
Nettles - A feed of young nettles boiled in early spring prevents boils or blemishes or skin trouble.
Cabbage Leaf - cure for nose bleeding if put down a person's back.
Glórán - a common weed which is fed to pigs in summer when feeding is scarce. It's juice is supposed to cure warts.
Gooseberry Thorn - cure for a sty in the eye.
St. Patrick's Leaf - a leaf with many little veins, each vein of which is supposed to be a cure for different diseases.
Lady Fingers - the flower of which is supposed to be able to burst the churn if brought into the house while a churning is being made.
Deadly Nightshade - berries poisonous.
Blacklead - a plant that grows in meadows. Supposed to be poisonous to sheep. Harmless to goats.
Rowan Berries - Berries cure for worms.
