School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 327
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)
- XML School: Knocknagilla
- XML Page 327
- XML (no title)
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
(no title) (continued)
“The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are the thistle, buchalon, and whin.”
(continued from previous page)leaving it on the boil.
'Nettles' are used to cure measles by boiling the leaves, and drinking the juice.
'Dockens' are used to cure a sting of a nettle. It is chewed and rubbed to the sting three times saying '"docken,, docken, in and out, take the peevish nettle out"
'Whin tops' are used to cure coughs in horses. They are boiled and given to the horses to drink.
'Sorrel' is used to clear the blood. It is chewed and swallowed.
'Rushes' are used to cure warts, by making the sign of the cross over the wart with the rushes.
Certain men took on themselves to go round curing diseases in people and animals. These men would pluck several weeds from the fields, now unknown by most people, and they would be in houses for a full day, boiling and mixing herbs for invalids.
'The fairy finger', or 'fox glove' is used as a cure for a whittle. It is rubbed on the affected part.
'Cumfry' was used to cure bruises. It was rubbed to the bruise.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Owen Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Philip Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drummanbane, Co. Cavan