School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 36
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- There is a yellow flower which grows in drains called the Pile Wart and it is a cure for Piles it was got boiled and strained and then it was drunk.The cure for a cold was get Garlick and boil the root of it in milk then it was drunk. This was a cure for a cold in olden times.The milk which is obtained from the stalk of the Dandelion when applied to a wart cures it.Wild Carrots boiled for three hours then take a glass full of them every day is said to be a cure for the kidneys.Cowslips used be boiled like tea to drink them was the cure for insomnia.Boiled Nettles were used as a remedy to purify the blood.To eat Water Cress raw with salt was also a remedy to purify the blood.Senna Leaves to boil them and use them like tea was a cure for worms. The Red Carrot was used for Rhuematism.
- Collector
- Margaret Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quarryvale, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr William Dunne
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cursis Stream, Co. Dublin
