School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- An Díseart, Co. Lú
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 258
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- (continued from previous page)up finely, and boiled with meal.
The speckled thistle is a cure for the whooping cough. An ivy leaf is a cure for corns.
- The thistle is a harmful weed because it spreads rapidly. The hawkess is good for a swelling. The daukens are mixed with meal for fowl.
Bully-craga is a cure for a boil and it has a green leaf and a yellow flower. - The mares tails spread very quickly.This is how the forget-me-not, got its name
When Our Lord was giving names to the flowers He did not see the little blue flower, and the little flower turned up its head and said "Forget me not" and Our Lord said, "that shall be your name." - Collector
- Detta Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ráth Droma Nao, Co. Lú
- Daulken seeds is boiled and used as a cure for a cold.(continues on next page)
