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    Dockleaves are very good to cure a sting from a nettle, to rub the leaves until the juicy substance would damp the affected place. The colour of a docklefe is green. It has a very good hold in the ground, and it has a very strong root.
    Old people used dandelions as a cure for yellow jaundice, to boil the dandelion in sweet milk. Strain the liquid when boiled, and drink it. The colour of a dandelion is yellow. Leeks are also used as a cure for kidney disease and lumbago. The colour of a leek is green and it has a strong root.
    None of those herbs or plants are used as food for people or for animals. None of them are used for poison. Some old people were cured long ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mulvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooniff, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mulvey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Clooniff, Co. Roscommon