School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 428
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- In this locality long ago the dandelion was supposed to be good for the heart. People used to pound it and there came juice out of it and they drank it.
The foxglove is another herb and it cures cuts. People get it on the bank of a river or in weeds. They put the leaf down on top of the cut and it stops it from bleeding.
In this district long ago the watercress was used for giving you a good appetite. It usually grows beside wells.
In this district long ago the nettle was used for measles. They used to boil it and the juice used to cure it.
Thyme and sage was usually used for flavouring soup.
When a person had corns long ago in this locality they used to cure them with daisies. They stepped [steeped] the roots of the daisies for about twelve hours and rubbed it on the corn then and it used to draw it out.
- Collector
- Sheila Keany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sranagross, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Keany
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sranagross, Co. Leitrim
