School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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- (continued from previous page)in medicine. It should be picked on St. John's Eve so that its cure would be effective.Cockles
when boiled are a cure for measles.Ivy
when boiled is used for removing stains from clothes.Saffron
was used as a dye and produced a saffron or yellow colour.Meachan Dúbh
or wild comfrey was a cure for sprains. The root should at first be peeled and then the inner substance was applied to the sprain.Camomile
is a good cure for nervousness. The leaves were cut up finely and saved. They were then placed in a pot and allowed to draw as tea.- Collector
- Mary O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shantullig North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Moynihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shantullig North, Co. Cork