School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

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1. Herbs (continued)

   

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   the neurotic or paralytic person. Parsley although we hardly call it a herb was used to relieve the kidneys. Chicken-weed another herb was used as a cure for skin-irritation also young nettles were cooked to prevent scurvy. Sparamint was taken to the house in bunches to rid it of fleas.
   Burn-the-house used for burns. Ivy leaves are boiled for use as cleansers for navy-cloth. Dandelion was used as a rub to swollen joints, the onion is used as a blood purifier as a poultice also for corns and bunions.
   There is a good part of the land around here under grass. The land is suitable for dairy cows, goats are let loose with the herd because they are useful for devouring all the all the herbs good and bad which abounds on a grazing farm. Where buttercups grow is considered extra good for milking cows.
   Around this locality there are many old roads which lead north, south, east and

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Hurley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath