School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Kathleen Morris
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- The seven sisters is a green branchy weed with seven stems on each stalk. It grows in tillage ground When a stem is broken away a white milky fluid appears on the stalk. This if rubbed on warts is a cure. The dandelion is a wild flower that grows in the meadow. If the leaves are stewed, to drink the water is a cure for liver trouble. Alley-com-pane is a cultivated herb, to boil the roots into liquid will cure a horse suffering from a cough. The primrose that grows wild in the hedges is a cure for yellow jaundice. Boil the roots in water and preserve the liquid in bottles and take a wine glassful each morning(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Mc Guire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 13
- Address
- Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Guire
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford