School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: John Bowdren
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- (continued from previous page)Blue Mallow:- For coughs and colds.
Bogbean:- for liver trouble.
Wild carrot:- Is a cure for dropsy.
Chestnut leaves:- great for convulsions.
Coltsfoot:- an effective cough remedy.
Elder leaves:- for epilepsy.
Golden rod:- for weakness of stomach.
Ground Ivy:- for skin diseases.
Horehound:- for colds and coughs.
Irish Moss:- for chest and bronchial affections.
Marsh Mallow:- for colds and bronchitis.
Meadowsweet:- for diarhoea.
Birch Bark:- for eczema.
Willow Bark:- for diarhoea.
Witch hazed Bark:- external wounds
Celery:- for rheumatism.
Nettle seed:- for chest affections.
Mistletoe:- for hysteria.
Celandine:- for jaundice.
Marigold flowers :- For fevers.
Rub a fasting spit to the wart in the morning. then stick a shellimedy to a hawthorn bush and if it will be there for three mornings the warts will be cured.
The Milk Warts is good also for curing warts.
The leaving of ferret's milk is good for whooping(continues on next page)- Collector
- Willie J. Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Thomas Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Ballyadam, Co. Cork