School: Ceann Mhálainne
- Location:
- Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 380
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Docking, benweed, switch grass, chickin weed, cowfoot, scurry grass, cut grass, ripple grass, garlic, buckanbaris, nettles, day nettles, dandylion, milk thristle, mugwood and mint.
Ripple grass is good for biles, ringworm, soar throat, soar feet or any other thing. It cannot be taken as a medicine because it is deadly poison.
Long ago when the old people in Innishtrahull Island were children if the got a cut they would pull cut grass and chew it and stick it on the cut and it would stop it from bleeding and it would also heal it very quickley. They old people say that it was twice as good as iodine.
Milk thistle is very good for curing warts if you squeeze the duce on them. Mugwood makes good tobbaco when it is dried.
James McDermott, Coastguard Station
