School: Baile na Daibhche, Droichead Banndan (roll number 9537)
- Location:
- Ballinadee, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 303
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- (continued from previous page)away because when the boil is at the height of its soreness there would be a worm come in the boil. If the worm smelt the mac on da ror roasting it would go back again.
Dandelion is a cure for warts the white juice of the dandelion is put down on the warts and after a time the warts would go away. Wild sage is a cure for an inwardly hurt. The wild sage is left boiling for about two hours. Then it is mixed with sugar and porter and then it is put into a bottle. The person suffering from the disease should take a glass of it fasting.
Bainicin is another weed that grows in the farm. It is a poison weed and it is used for killing salmon.
- A man by the name of Bob Hales of Knocknacurra left the village of Ballinadee one Sunday about sixty years ago to take part in a match in Downderrow. When he arrived at the gate the hurlers were after beginning and the gate was closed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Crowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilgobbin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- William Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Kilgobbin, Co. Cork
