School: Bunaneer (roll number 10242)
- Location:
- Bunaneer, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Choncubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 266
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- 1) Slánlus = Cures Cuts.
2) dandelion = is good for a cough.
3) Flag root = Cures sore lips.
4) Penny leaf = Cures corns.
5) water of caissearbhánach = Cures Asthma.
6) woodbine = good for whooping cough.
7) The root of a buttercup = Cures tooth aches.
8) Mullen plant boiled in new milk = good for consumption.
9) Sage tea = good for Stomach trouble or indigestion and for head ache.
10) The root of marsh mallow = good for poultices.
11) St. Johns worth = if the flowers and leaves are chopped fine, and mixed
12) with lard they form an ointment that would cure any wound.
13) Colts foot tea = is good for Asthma or throat troubles.
14) Celery = is good for rheumatism
15) The root of the lily of the valley = is used for heart disease.
16) Dockleaf is used for the burns of nettles.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Chéitig
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Darrynane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs D. Keating
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Darrynane, Co. Kerry
