School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)
- Location:
- Roosky, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Luke Caslin
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- Herbs
Mr Thomas Owens aged 84 years New Ruskey told me about Herbs.
(Dandelion) He said the Dandelion is a good cure for the stomach. If you get the Dandelion and make tea out of it and drink it. He said that was a good cure for the stomach.
He said there is another cure for the stomach. He said if you get some water cress and boil it and eat it that is another cure for the stomach. It is got at the ends of drains growing.
He said if you get a deep cut and when it bleeds get rib grass it will stop bleeding.
The Tansy is an herb that grows in ditches. He said the Tansy is used as medicine for children in the Spring. If you get the Tansy and cut it and boil it . When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Florrie Hoares
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Owens
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Roosky New, Co. Roscommon
