School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- An Baile Nua (Shea), Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- (continued from previous page)for the cure of corns. The ivy leaves are heated and then firmly pressed to the corn. Ivy leaves are also used for strengthening young calves. The leaves are boiled and the juice is put in the milk and given to them.
Garlic is a weed which grows in bogs and if cows eat it their milk cannot be used as it puts an ugly taste on the milk. It has a green coloured leaf. It is a very small weed.
The "burnt leaf" is a weed used for the cure of a burn. The leaf is settled on the burn and after a while the burn heals.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Ní Longáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An tAgard, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Edward Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- An tAgard, Co. Chill Chainnigh
