School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 217
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Drumfries
- XML Page 217
- XML “Local 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
- Bogbine is very good for strengthening a weak person. It is first boiled in water. Then pour the juice into a clean vessel. Then a box of treacle and sulphur are mixed with it. March and April is the time it is in use. Garlic is good for a cough It is just pulled and ate in its shape.
Rickup is good for curing a disease. It is pulled for them and given to them to eat It has small green leaves.
Rigeaca is as good as fly-paper. It is placed in a bowl of water. The smell of it effects the flies. It grows among the heather and has small green leaves
