School: Tooreen (St. Brigid's)
- Location:
- Tooreen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhlannagáin
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- Local Cures
There was a time, when there were better cures than there are nowadays, because mostly all the cures were in the herbs that grew in the land.
Some of the cures still remain throughout the country. The people made up powerful bottles out of the herbs I am going to relate.
They used bamomile as a cure for coughs and colds and also for delicate people. It grows in marshy fround and it is a very small plant. They pulled it and cut it into small bits and they put it into a tea-pot and drank it. It is a very ugly medicine but even so there was a great cure in it.
They found a great cure in Yarrow for consumptive people. It was not a very tall plant, and it was found(continues on next page)
