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School: Ross (roll number 12789)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0718, Page 135

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    shaped leaves are a cure for the jaundice.
    Cough- grass for a cold
    Buttercups - for a complaint known as hearthburn
    Chicken-weed for a swoollen joint.
    House-leek for sore eyes
    Marsh-mallow for cattle with swoollen udders
    Colts foot for sore throats
    These medicines are used for the diseases named. The herbs are boiled in as little water as possible so that the medicine may be strong
    Salve is made for cuts and wounds with the little flower which we see growing in our lanes known as wild pansies.
    Dandelion juice is good to drink for a week heart and bones.
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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
    Mrs Joseph Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Joseph Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farren Connell, Co. Cavan