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School: An Chúil Árd (roll number 12587)

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Coolard, Co. Kerry
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Seán Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 239

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    cure for cough in the dandelion. The juice of the bog-onion is good for a sprain or for stiffness. The horse's tongue is a cure for boils or to stop blood.
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    The are many herbs growing on the land. The chief ones are Meadchain Tathú, Lossorleen, Slánlus, Water-cress, Crowscruds, Marsh Malas and Comfrey. Meadchain Táthu is a cure for a toothache. It should be put into a cloth and bruised and put up to the cheek hot. It is poison. Lossorleen is also poison. It kills the sheep. Slánlus is a cure for stopping bleeding. Marsh Malas is a cure for sprains. The are many weeds also. The Dock-leaves, Nettles, Thistles, and Buachaláns grow in abundance.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Kennelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Kennelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry

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    These are the herbs that grow on the land:- The chicken-weed is used for feeding chickens. Nettles are used for feeding hens. Nettles would also burn you and the dock-leaves would cure it. The yellow root is used for poisoning fish in rivers. The fairy thimble is a cure for the heart. Slánlus is good to stop blood. Patricks Hand is also used to stop blood. Ryme branches are used for dyeing.
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