School: Sonna (roll number 1422)
- Location:
- Kildallan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)made from it and well brushed into the roots of the hair removes scruf.
Columbine can also be used the same way.
Alec campaign, grows like a cabbage heads leaves, when boiled in new milk cure colds.
Meadowsweet. The flowers boiled strained and allowed to cool, is a cooling drink in hot weather.
Coltsfoot - Sometimes called foal's foot, bull's foot or horse hoof. The plant has small yellow flowers, like a small dandelion. A handful of the leaves are simmered in a small amount of water. Then strained and sugar, treacle, or honey added. This is a cure for chest or throat trouble.
Sore throat or tonsils. Thyme tea is used as a gargle. Wood Sorrel for ulcers on the gum.
Jack-By-the-Hedge. Known too as Ground Ivy or Cats Foot. It grows in damp shady places. The flowers are gathered and boiled. It is a cure for coughs or internal wounds. It is used also for bathing outside sores.
The juice of the root of the water lily(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kate Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
