School: Ross (roll number 12789)
- Location:
- Ross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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- (continued from previous page)Heartsease is good for the same complaint.
Bogbane is good for kidney trouble
Hops for sleeplessness
The fruit of the elderberry is used to make elderberry wine, which is a nourishing drink
Bleeding heart and St Patrick's leaves will stop a cut from bleeding.
A sure cure for chin-cough is for you to stop the first person you meet riding a white horse. Ask him what cure he has for the chin-cough and whatever he says do it and the cough will go. Another cure for it is to boil three snail in a glass of milk and take the milk three mornings in succession, fasting(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mrs Joseph Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Joseph Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farren Connell, Co. Cavan