School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

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   LANARTACH - grows in ditches

   PIBEÓL - grows in rich soil - smothers grass and crops.

   
   The following are used as cures:-

   
   SLANNLAS - for stopping blood - Chew it in the mouth and apply it to the wound

   
   CUPÓG - applied as a remedy for sunburn and burns

   CAISEARBHÁN DEARG - juice good for heart trouble

   
   COMPHREY - root good for broken bones, wash the comphrey, peel bark and apply to the break

   
   FINNAMHÓIN - good for swelling. Grows in wet places. Apply it with the water it grows in to swellings

   
   GARLIC - good for a cough and pain in the stomach

   BLACK SEAWEED - boiled into jelly is good for stiff joints

   FRAOC na MAOI - grows on mountains - is good for liver

   MALE FERN - good for "fluke" in sheep and cattle

   FAIRY FLAX - good for bowel trouble

   LUCHA LACHA - found in gardens is good for chin cough

   YARROW - is used as a cure for rheumatism

   SAL CHUACH - grows in ditches good for kidney trouble

   POPLAR LEAVES - used for backache

   
   CAISEARBHÁN and PEARL BARLEY - mixed - good for kidneys

   
   The following are used for food by man and animals:-

   SAMHA - grows in wet places - good for health of man

   DILISC - got in rock at sea - boiled and eaten on

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Francis Saunders

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   James Scanlon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullagh, Co. Clare

   Informant

   John Rynne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullagh, Co. Clare

   Informant

   the old people of the district