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School: Ballyhahill (B.), Glin (roll number 10685)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Maoláin
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    no one goes near them as they would scorch and rise little blisters on the skin.
    Yarrow is found on ditches. This is how yarrow is used. It is gathered and saved for a couple of weeks. It is put down and boiled. The yarrow is strained, and the water is put up to cool. When it is cooled, sugar is put into it. It has the colour of porter. People say it is a fine drink. There is plant growing in the garden and if you beat it against a stone the water that comes out of it is a great cure for a boinloe(?). Ivy is cure for cleaning clothes. Sour Sally grows in the field. It is sour but nice to eat.
    Collected by
    Michael Walsh, Finnoe, Ballyhahill
    From
    Tom Carter, Finnoe, Ballyhahill
    Age 62
    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
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Tom Carter
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Finnoo, Co. Limerick