School: Cléireacháin, Cluain Meala

Location:
Ballyclerahan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
James Bates
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 149

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    Comfrey
    An herb which is chopped up and fed to pigs with other substances.
    Nightshade is a deadly poison
    Scutchgrass and Prausagh Bwee impoverishes the soil and do great harm
    Saddlegrass is to be found on good land while Louseworth is only found on very poor land.
    All other cures and herbs were used extensively in former times and up to the present day by the people. They always gave relief or effected a cure.
    Dock-Leaf used for stings of nettles
    Plantain is put to a cut to stop bleeding
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Ahearne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyveelish South, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mary Ahearne
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    88
    Address
    Ballyveelish South, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis Ahearne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballyveelish South, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Hanora Ahearne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballyveelish South, Co. Tipperary