School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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- Local Cures:-
1. Gosthune:-
An herb. It cures boils. It looks like a nettle. Grows about 2 feet high. The leaf is warmed.
Yarrow.
Is used for rheumatism. A green herb with a white top. It grows to a height of about six inches. It is stewed in hot water for about five minutes. It is cooled and then drunk.
Chick-weed
Is used for curing warts. A weed with a long stalk. When you break the stalk a kind of milk comes out. This milk is put on the wart which is then pricked with a pin to let the milk in.Long ago people used rub a snail on their warts - then they hung the snail on a thorn bush. While the snail was rotting the warts would disappear. If you had a sty in your eye to let it go with a gooseberry thorn would cure it.People used drink the juice of dandelions as a cure for a bad liver. Fox's tongue was used for the same purpose.St. Patrick's Leaf:-
One side of this green leaf drew(continues on next page)- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Callow, Co. Galway