School: Scoil na mBráthar, Loch Garman (roll number 16742)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An Br. D. C. Ó hÉilighe
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- Can-bawn-beg (ceann bán beag) was used to cure worm fever.Marsh-mallows to make ointment to heal all sorts of sores. Pennycups go with marsh-mallows to make the ointment. Comfery for all sorts of sprains, such as sprained legs, arms or ankles. Dandelion leaves were eaten by people to give them a good appetite (delicate people).Dreaminleaf was used to stop bleeding.
Dockleaf was used to take away the sting of a nettle.
Wart-wort was broken and the juice rubbed to warts to remove them.- Collector
- Stephen Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mary O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford