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

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 051

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    People long ago used to make use of herbs as a cure for their ailments. When they had Consumption they used to eat the root of the dandelion or drink the milk out of the leaves, the was supposed to be a remedy for that ailment.
    When a person had cancer he used to eat the blackheads of a weed called Knapweed and which he believed would cure him. When an herb called Horehound tea and given to a person who had lung trouble it was supposed to cure him.
    Camomile boiled was supposed to cure any swellings, if bathed in it.
    Garlic bruised and put in ones shoe was supposed to be a cure for the flu.
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    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
    Maureen Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Saint Mary's Road, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr C. Wilson
    Gender
    Male