School: Gowran (C.)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 123
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- There is a weed named Marsh Mallow & Hemlock & Rib grass. This is a cure for sores on legs. Chop the weeds up & boil in lard without water for four or five hours. Boil the lard is quite green strain off in a jar & cover down. Then get a strip of old linen & spread the ointment on it when cold & apply to sores, twice a day, morning & evening.
Laurel Leaves boiled in a little water & lard will cure bad burns or scalds.
Tansey is another weed of a greyish colour if boiled in milk gives a whiter complexion.
- Collector
- Hannah Denieffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Rudkins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
