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School: Dundalk (Mercy Convent) (roll number 5387)

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
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Sr. Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 005

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    boiled in fresh milk, strained and drunk by those who complained of the diseases mentioned.
    Another popular herb named "Parsley" was also used for kidney trouble, a cure was prepared from it in the same manner as that which was made from the "Dandelion". The mixture was taked daily until the disease succumbed to the treatment.
    To-day nettles are regarded as a nuisance as the people of the present generation do not known their value. In bygone days the people took boiled nettles three times a year for the enrichment of their blood. The nettle, then, may by termed an herb.
    Eleanor McGee,
    7 St. Alphonsus Villas,
    Dundalk.
    Information received from Mr. McGeary (aged 81)
    Avenue Road.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eleanor Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dundalk, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr Mc Geary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81