School: Boulavogue

Location:: Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford
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If dandelion is steeped and the water drunk it is a good thing for a bad liver or stomach. Milk-weed would cure warts. Lamb's quarter would cure scalds. Rib-grass would stop blood.
Jack Leacy
These stories were told to me by my father,
Mr Michael Leacy, (48 yrs)
Carrigeen, Ferns, Co Wexford.

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Nettles are pulled and cut up into very small pieces. They are used for bringing out the red-heads on young turkeys. Blood worth is used for cattle which are bad with the blood-murrain. It is pulled and boiled on new milk. Then the beast is drenched with the juice of the plant. Patrick Breen, Ballyorley, Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford.
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Topics
1. activities
  medical practice
  folk medicine (~11,815)
Language

English
Collector
Patrick Brien
Gender

Male
Address

Ballyorley Upper, Co. Wexford