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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 67

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    Rose Noble is a herb like a nettle and it has a very nasty smell. It is used for curing an inflamed cow's udder.
    Blood Weed is a small red flower, and is a cure for cows which take the "Murrain".
    Water Cress is a little green plant, which grows in swamps, and it is a cure for skin diseases.
    Bog Bean is used for cleansing the blood.
    The milk of the Dandelion is a cure for warts, and also for a sore ear.
    Chicken Weed is used in the plasters for Whitlow, Rose and cancer.
    Tansy is supposed to be a cure for Whooping Cough.
    Dock Leaf is used in the Rose plaster.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dunlevy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbar, Co. Donegal