School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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“The tiny plants which grow so thickly in the country all have their own cures.”
The tiny plants which grow so thickly in the country all have their own cures:-
The Bloodweed which is to be got in swampy marshy districts seems to have no cure but it got its name in a peculiar manner.
It was said that this little plant was at the foot of the Cross and Our Lord's Blood dropped on it and it imediately turned into a red colour.
Another common plant is the dandelion. It is supposed to be a cure for consumption. They are used also as food for animals.
The Dock leaf serves as a cure for the sting of a nettle.
"Cat's Eyes" are very small blue flowers. It is said that if any person puts this week to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Filoména Ní Dhulchonta
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Lehane
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Tipperary