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1. Herbs - Nettles (continued)

   

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   and mix the nettles up with the Indian meal. Then give it to the Turkeys.

   

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2. Herbs - The Fairy Fingers

   

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   From the Common Fairyfingers is procured an important medicine for heart disease. This medicine is manufactured into liquid and put up in tabloid form but the old people in the old days and even at the present day boil this herb and use the water as the medicine.

   

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3. Herbs - The Golden Rod

   

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   There is a plant called the "Golden Rod" and it would cure any kidney trouble. This is the way medicine is made from the out of the "Golden Rod". A clean cloth is got and it is put into this cloth and it is mashed up in the cloth until it is real soft. Then it is taken out of the cloth and put into saucepan. Boiling water is put into the saucepan then and it is left on the

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Natty Doherty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Bridget Carroll

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan