School: Cluain an Droma, Mullach (roll number 5267)
- Location:
- Cloonadrum, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Brian Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 276
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- Dandelion:
The dandelion with the red vein through it is a cure for colds and bronchitis. It is saved under the sun and then boiled. The juice is mixed with brown sugar, treacle sweet-stich and licourice and then taken by the spoonful. The ordinary dandelion boiled is a cure for a weak heart. Wine can be made from the petals.
Firn:
The male fern is used as a purge for cattle. It is boiled. It is poisonous to man.
Water-Cress:
It is a cure for lungs and is eaten raw with salt.
Seutch Grass:
Boiled is a cure for Kidney trouble.
Chicken-Weed:
Cut up and boiled is a cure for the [?] in chickens.
Cumpir:
It is a cure for a hurt.(continues on next page)
