School: Kyle (An Chill) (roll number 4442)

Location:
Kyle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0397, Page 087

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0397, Page 087

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  1. Switch grass, spunk, cuckholes, Dogroots chicken weed, thistles, puirseacwee, buacalláin, and march mallas harm the land. Wood sorrel, saddle grass and sour lands harm the land. Penny leaves and Ivy leaves are cures for corns.
    Garlic is a cure for toothaches and strangles in cattle and for a bad stomack
    Dandelion is a cure for warts and pimples. Birds milk is a cure for warts. Yearrow and wild sage are cures for Rheumatism. Bull rush, ladies timbles, thistles, dogroots, puirseacwee, chickenweed, corn caol, grow in rich soil.
    Pegwood berries, Privage berries are poison
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr T. Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork