School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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- Trefoil
Cure for Yellow-Jaundice.
1 Pint of water
5 bunches of trefoil, boil them together and given as a drink to the person.
Bark of ash. A drink made from the bark of ash boiled in new milk is given as a drink to children who are suffering from worms. It is given to them when they are fasting in the morning. The drink is very bitter.
The plaintin leaf cures a cut or burn. The leaf is applied to the wound. It sticks on like sticking plaster. It draws and heals at the same time.
Bog bean if boiled and stewed is a cure for Eczema or blackheads. It must be drunk three times.
Oak bark when boiled is a cure for a scald. It must be got between sun set and sun rise.
Clisín Tae is a cure for the rose. It must be pulled from the field during the night time. The parent of the person that is(continues on next page)
