School: Yellow Furze
- Location:
- Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 237
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- (continued from previous page)healing.
The oil which comes from the leaf when held to the fire does the work.
Goitre
A poultice of Sea-weed was the old cure for Goitre.
Wounds & Cuts
Nettles chopped fine and sprinkled with salt was supposed to be the cure for bad wounds or cuts.
Ulcerated Legs.
The large ivy when prepared and made into a poultice was the famous old cure for ulcerated legs.
An old hair wash
The juice of young nettles was an oldfashioned hair wash(continues on next page)
