School: Carrowcrin (roll number 16088)
- Location:
- Carrowcrin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 365
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- (continued from previous page)against a cough.
The leaves of the sow thistle are boiled or eaten raw and are a remedy for kidney trouble.
Heather grows wild in our bogs and when this is pulled and boiled in water it makes a dark brown dye
In olden times people used a lot of herbs as medicine and some of them are used yet. They are very good to cure diseases.
Some people have cures for ring worm, and itch, and burns, but they will not tell what herb they used
