School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)
- Location:
- Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- XML “Slánlus”
- XML “Garlic”
- XML “White Horehound”
- XML “Camomile”
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- (continued from previous page)and cut off their heads. The part of the body that remained, was put to the wart, and it was supposed to cure them.
- Slanlus.Slánlus is a weed which grows in fields particularly beside walls. When people used to cut their fingers in olden times, they used to apply slánlus to the cut. It pierces like Iodine.
- Garlic.Garlic is a plant resembling an onion. It grows in fields, particularly in headlands of gardens. The upper part of the garlic, when applied to mumps, is supposed to cure them.
- White Horehound.White horehound is found in waste ground. The whole plant is aromatic and bitter, and is a common remedy here for coughs.
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- Informant
- Mrs Sheehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcolman, Co. Limerick