School: Raharney (C.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. Conway
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- Dandelion leaves cure liver disease when boiled and strained.
Featherfew cures liver disease and kidney and stomach diseases. The leaves are boiled, strained, the juice is put in a clean dry bottle and corked. A tablespoon is taken fasting in the morning. Nettles are suppose to purify the blood and keep a person free from colds all the year. The nettles are boiled with a little salt in the water. The are strained and put through a sieve. Butter paper and salt is put on them. Then the are eaten. The nettles must be young. A dock-leaf cures a nettle sting.- Informant
- Mrs Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Ballinlig, Co. Westmeath
- The wild forget menot, when boiled in butter is the cure for a burst on the(continues on next page)