School: Taite Buí (Blackstaff)
- Location:
- Tattyboy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Mac Bhloscaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 312
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- (continued from previous page)Docking leaf when rubbed on a sting will cure it, when boiled on sweet milk it cured the jaundice.
Dandelion is one of the best herbs. When the leaves and roots are well boiled and the liquid drunk, it is a great blood tonic. Long ago the old people used to eat the raw dandelion leave with salt. It was good for the blood in Spring.
The blessed thistle boiled on sweet milk cures whooping cough.
The mullen leaf(also called the sheep's lug) when boiled on water and drunk very hot, cures asthma.
St. Patrick's leaf has the cure for consumption.
The leaves of rosenoble and also the seeds when boiled, and an egg cupful of the liquid drank every morning, cleans the blood and also enriches it. It is very bitter to drink.
There is a weed called "Penny rolls" when boiled make a good dye for clothes.
Ribbon grass is used for a poultice used to draw a whitlow.
Dry leaves mixed with oak bank makes a good dye when boiled(for any dark material).(continues on next page)
