School: Leaca (roll number 8765)
- Location:
- Lackagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ní Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 182
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- (continued from previous page)Coltsfoot a herb with a broad green velvety leaf, the shape of a colt's foot. It is also used to heal a varicose ulcer.
Nettles: Nettles are a troublesome herb about the hedges, ditches and field, but are most useful. They were commonly used as a soup in olden times to purify the blood in the Springtime and took the place of our new-fashioned medicine.
The Spring-time Electuary. Nettle broth or nettle tea cleared the skin of pimples, blackhead and chilcorns.
Dandelion: This weed from whose hollow shaped stem milk ouses is also used in making wines now-a-days. In olden times though the tea made from Dandelion leaves and flowers was also used as an inow [?] tonic and was one of Dr. Button's remedies for jaundice or sluggish liver troubles.
