School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
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- (continued from previous page)brandy. St. Patrick's leaf is a cure for burn, it is just placed on the burn. The "Cradan" boiled along with lime-water and a half pint of whiskey to a half gallon of water is a cure for.
The Dandelion if chewed is good for the liver. The bog-beam is good for pains. Chicken weed is good for poultices - it is roasted on a lid and placed on the wound.
Herbs used as food :-
(a) Water-grass boiled with bacon like cabbage
(b) Nettle boiled with bacon
(c) The docken and the "forsin" for animals, it is cut up finelly and put into a pot of gruel.
(d) The dandelion is often mixed with gruel for fowl.
Principal Poisons:-
(a) Bog beam and the yew tree. There is poison in almost every herb growing, except the carrot. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mona O' Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathrippin, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Edward O' Grady
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45