School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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- It was from the wood of the elder tree that Our Lord's Cross was made. They say it is not right to bring any of this tree into a house.
- There is a plant called the Yarrow which grows wild and when it is boiled it is supposed to cure rheumatism.
- The Dandelion cures rheumatism.
- The Buachalan (buachalán buidhe) is a cure for goitre.
- Soap and sugar well mixed is a very good cure for boils (skin eruptions).