School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)
- Location:
- Ardagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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- Bridie Ambrose.
Enegare,
Ardagh,
Co. Limerick
Herbs.The most harmful herbs growing in my farm, are the hemlock, the buacalan, the nettle, the camomile and the dandelion. The buacalan grows only in rich lands, and the hemlock in wet marshy lands.There are also two other poisonous herbs, macabuide and beladona, and these are very good blisters. Camomile is an aromatic creeping plant, and tea made from its flowers is a blood purifier. Dandelion is a plant with yellow flowers, and its leaves when chopped up, are given to turkeys. Sorrel eaten raw is a good medicine.After Midhach a Dedannan, physician, had been buried for some time. 365 herbs grew up from his grave. One from every joint and sinew of his body. Each herb to cure disease in that part of the human frame, from which it grew. All of which were gathered by his sister Armedda, but before(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Ambrose
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Enaghgare, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Patrick Ambrose
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Enaghgare, Co. Limerick
