School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- Thistles, docks, nettles, weeds, buachalán buidhe, braimfhéar, bainne chí éan, are the most harmful weeds growing in our farm. They destroy everything they spread so quickly.
Besom is used as a cure for boils, pimples, rash. Wild sage is used for curing broken ribs, and fractured bones, and ulcerated stomach.
It is prepared by boiling the plant and then to strain it and drink its juice. Rib-leaf is used for curing cuts. Bainne-chích-éan is used for curing warts.- Collector
- Frances Roycroft
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs James Roycroft
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork