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School: Mounttrenchard, Leamhchoill (roll number 2540)

Location:
Mounttrenchard, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 144

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    little plant, with yellow flowers. It is very good purify the blood and it is also used for cages birds.
    Comfrey is a tall green plant with white flowers. It is used for sprains. It has large leaves. It is used in the following way. The root is pound up and the juicy pulp is applied to the sprain.
    Dandelion is a small green plant with yellow flowers. the juice of the stem is used for warts.
    Ivy is used for cleaning clothes. It is boiled and strained and the water that remains is used for cleaning black clothes.
    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
    Kathleen Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick