School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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Plants 20- 3-'38.
The fern leaf would cure a swelling in a horses leg and it would draw out any bad stuff out of the sore.It is said that if you boiled the blossoms of the furze in new milk and drink it ,it would cure the yellow-jaundice.Rib grass would cure a sore in anything.The dog leaf would cure a sun burn to warm the leaf to the fire and put the leaf to it and put a cloth around it and leave it on for a good start.
It burn also cure a burn.The Lady fingers would cure a sore in anything.To pull the Lady fingers and warm them well to the fire and then break them all up and clap them into it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Devaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Scalp, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Fanny Vaughan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Scalp, Co. Clare
