School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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- 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