School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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- In former times people sought remedies for their ailments not in chemist shops as now-a-days but in herbs and plants.
Slanlus was good for a sore throat when boiled in new milk. Bainikeen boiled in milk was good for sick cattle. Marsh-mallow was used for running to strains and swollen muscles. The wild snowdrop was a cure for measles. The root of the briar boiled in milk was a cure for scour in animals.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sheila Sheehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Denis Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Reaboy, Co. Kerry