1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

Location:
An tAonach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 129

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 129

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
  2. XML Page 129
  3. XML “Herbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Herbs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Wine" is made from dandelions. The leaves of both dandelions are used for food. Thistles are given as food to Ducks and Pigs.
    Nettles are used as a food for people. They are cooked the same way as cabbage and eaten with bacon. Three meals of them are eaten in March to purify the blood.
    Maiden fern is a very good herb. It grows wild on walls and it is used to cure a sick stomach by simmering it as tea is simmered and to take a half glass fasting evening morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Cudville, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Mrs J. Maher
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Cudville, Co. Thiobraid Árann