School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)
- Location:
- Cill Bhríde, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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- (continued from previous page)Garlic has the cure of the "BlackLeg" Itis also good for the blood. Coppogs have the cure of nettle stings. They say to the coppogs Coppog, Coppog in and out take the sting of a nettle out. Some people boil nettles and eat them. They are good or the blood. They are also good for turkeys.
Philomena Mahon aged 13 1/2 years
37 yrs {Christopher Mahon, Tullahanogue Trim - The chief weeds on our farm are garlic, chicken weed, corróg, (dock leaf) dandelions, compthary, thistles, water cresses and sorrel.
Garlic is the cure for worms. Chuck weed is used for purifying the blood water cresses and sorrel are too good. Dandelion is the cure of lung trouble and jaundice. Comphary roots are the cure for swellings. Corógs cure the sting of a nettle. Thistles grow in good land and tugs and cattle are very fond of them. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- A. Goggins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- William Goggins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Tulach Chonóg, Co. Meath