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School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)

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Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 048

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  3. XML “Camomile”
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  5. XML “Horehound and Rue”
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  1. Camomile (continued)

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    Cammile shampoo, you would get the leaves and boil them in water. They would then be drawn like tea and a little soap added. This shampoo is particularly used by ladies with fair hair. Camomile shampoo can also be bought at the chemists.
    Mrs. Sheehan, Kilcoleman.
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  2. Onion

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    The Onion is a cultivated plant. An Onion peeled down to the shape of a person's ear is supposed to be a cure for earache.
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  3. Horehound and Rue

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    Horehound is a small plant found in waste ground. The whole plant is aromatic and bitter. When mixed with Rue it is a cure for Evils whie are running sores. O'Byrne Lourriga Can give examples of this cure.
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  4. Groundsel

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    Groundsel is a small garden weed with a yellow blossom. When boiled with mutton suet in milk it is used to draw corruption from a boil or sore. You would apply it as a poultice.
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  5. Beestings

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mc Grath
    Address
    Ballycarney, Co. Limerick