School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)

Location:
New Ross, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 156

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 156

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin
  2. XML Page 156
  3. XML “Colt's Foot”

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

  1. The following drink is a very good cure for a cold. Take two ounces of Colts foot, and one ounce of ground ivy.
    Put them down to boil in about one pint and a half of water. Boil slowly for about twenty minutes. Strain and keep the liquid for use. Add a little sugar to sweeten, or if possible to obtain, honey may be used.
    The drink may be taken like tea, about three or four glasses each day while the cold is heavy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Kielthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs J. Ennis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tagoat, Co. Wexford