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School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall

Location:
Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 097

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    a pain in the stomach. It is boiled with milk and it is then drank with more milk and sugar.
    Water-cress.
    Water-cress is taken to purify the blood.
    Nettles
    Nettles are boiled and the juice is called nettle tea. It is a great cure for measles when drank.
    Foxglove.
    Foxglove is used as a heart stimulant when a drink is made from it.
    Burdock
    Burdock is used for coughs when drank.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English