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School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 092

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    fresh crops of weeds year after year.
    The "Comfrey root" is used as a cure for sprains. The "Dandelion" is a cure for warts. The "Garlice" root is used as for runing ear. The wild violet cures broken skin.
    The "Comfrey root" the "Garlice" and the "wild violet" are applied as a hot poultice to the effected parts. The milk of the Dandelion is rubbed on the warts
    One of the herbs used as a food is watercress You can make a food called "angelica" from cow parsley
    Poison is made from "acconite"
    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
    Marea Synott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balfeddock, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr H. Synott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balfeddock, Co. Louth