School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)
- Location:
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 68
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- In olden times, instead of going to a chemist with a doctor's prescription, people used to make medicines from herbs. Some of them are :-
(1) Ash leaves are useful in cases of gout.
(2) Blackberries are an excellent tonic for the blood.
(3) Blackcurrants are useful for hoarseness, sore throat, coughs and catarrh.
(4) Bogbean is good for liver troubles, scurvy and skin diseases.
(5) Wild carrots are used for curing dropsy.
(6) Celandine is useful in cases of jaundice.
(7) Chestnut leaves are useful for coughs.
(8) Coltsfoot is also useful for coughs.
(9) Cowslip tea is good for insomnia.
(10) Clover is used for coughs.
(11) Comfrey is put to swollen joints as a poultice.
(12) Dandelion is a laxative and a tonic. It is useful for liver and kidney disorders.
(13) Elder leaves are good for epilepsy.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mr J. Groarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
