School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 19_015

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  1. Some herbs are very useful for curing. Old people mix medicine from herbs and give it to the person that is suffering.
    I know an old woman who cures warths with a small plant. When the stem is broken a kind of milk comes out which she rubs on the warths.
    There is a plant called "groundsill" which is used to cure birds from sickness. It grows about six inches high and little stems with yellow ends springs from the thick stem. It is a wild plant and is easily got.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maithiú Ó Ceallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr J. Sammon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare