School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 084
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- (continued from previous page)Rib-leaf is used for curing cuts. Bisom is a herb which grows in marshy places. The water in which it is boiled is drank for curing boils. Boiled ivy is rubbed to chilblains to cure them. The leaves of the chicken-weed are rubbed to sores.
Thistles and nettles were boiled during the famine times and they were used for food for people Another plant called the "Cos Dubhh" has medical properties and it is used for healing sores or wounds, the juice being extracted from it, and it is rubbed to the sore. Caisearavawn grows in meadows and it is used as food for ducks and pigs. The juice of the cupóg, when heated cures corns or blisters. Nettles and thistles were the principal food of the people during the famine period. Thistles and nettles are used as food for geese and turkeys.
The cos-dubh is used for dyeing purposes and it was mixed with the sheen on the rocks. Ferns grow in uncuivated land, and are used for bedding for cattle, rushes were used, and are used for thatching hay-ricks and turf-ricks. A weed, which grows on fences called "bainne cinn-na n-éan", or called "bonikeen" for short, was used for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Harrington
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skahanagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Harrington
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Skahanagh, Co. Cork
