School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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  1. The juice of leek is very good as a cure for sore eyes.
    If we burned the leaf of the docking on a coal and take the vein out of it and tease it through our hands and leave it up to the burn, it is a very good cure.
    The greater part of those herbs are boiled on milk or water. Chicken-weed is a harmful weed, though it is a cure for a wart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Ellen Kilcoyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardnaglass, Co. Sligo
  2. The most harmful of weed that grow on the farm are the "Reeds". This is a very harmful weed. They should never be pulled out of where they are growing. If you take the weed up in your hand it would put warts or blisters on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.