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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Síle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 342

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    Summer time
    Lesser Celendine or pilework is good for piles and Kings evil. The leaves and roots should be boiled and the sore parts bathed with thee water as hot as possible. It may also be put on a bruise mixed with hogs lard as a plaster
    No man or woman in thee world could tell the cures in the Dandelion. It can be used in two ways boiled in water and thee water taken night and morning, or dried and infused like tea. All diseases of thee kidneys and bladder are cured by it also of the liver, spleen and gall. Many of the old people eat it raw with salt and call it the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Liathán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baunta, Co. Kilkenny