School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Móráin
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- There are many amount of cure's in those plants that grow in the field's. Long ago these plants were used as cure's. But nowaday's people know nothing about them, unless the herbalist's who practice on them. The ribbon grass cure's worm's in children. The dandelion cure's some kidney trouble. The clock dandelion cure's warts. The dock leaf cure's a burn of a nettle. The chickenweed cure's some sore's. The garlic is good for keeping away the blackleg from cattle. There is a cure for rheumatism in the nettle, and if people use three meals of them during the month of May they will never get any sickness during the year. The white of an egg is good for a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonleagh South, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Galvin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonleagh South, Co. Cork