School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 135
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ballinea
- XML Page 135
- XML “Herbs and their Uses”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- The ordinary herbs which grow in our gardens and fields are very useful and were very much used as medicine in the days of our grandmothers. Of late years people depend largely on doctors and medicine obtained in the chemists but there are still some uses to which they are put.
Dandelion is a good blood purifier. It can also be made into a wine by putting the heads of the dandelion in water and boiling them. Sugar and brewers yeast are added. It is then strained and bottled. Ivy leaves can be used for taking out stains. The leaves are boiled in water and the stains brushed with the water. Mint is used for flavouring and for making mint sauce.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellmount or Curristown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hanstown, Co. Westmeath
