School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)

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1. Herbs (continued)

   

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   for warts, Broom boiled and strained and allowed to stand is a cure for colds.
   Lambs leg weed is for green dye,
   Ivy leaves boiled to take out stings.
   Nettles for food.
   Parsley for delicate girls.
   Cabbage leaved heated and smeared with butter for a poultice.
   Cuacalán weed used for cures especially if gathered on John's Eve.
   Pansies destroy other flowers growing near, also poppies.
   Long white roots destroy the ground as do also the wild horse radish.
   Black berries and red berries for blue, black for red eyes,

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   M. Dagg

   Address

   Rosenallis, Co. Laois