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School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc

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Freemount, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 302

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    plant between two stones and rub the juice to warts to banish them. Another cure for warts is to rub the milky juice of "bainne-na-neun" to them.
    Dig up a supply of "bainne-na-neun" and pound it between tones to kill the fish.
    Make tea of the roots and leaves of the "caisear ban" "cos ban" or dandelion as a cure for liver troubles.
    Nettles cooked as vegetables are said to keep you healthy for the year if eaten three times in May.
    House-leek grown in the thatch over the door is a preventative against fire.
    Hannah Goulding, Gortnascregga
    Got from James Goulding, Gortnascregga, Freemount
    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
    Hannah Goulding
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnascregga, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Goulding
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnascregga, Co. Cork