School: Tobinstown, Tullow
- Location:
- Tobinstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghrádaigh
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- Hemlock A deadly poison but is used for making very strong poultices. It has been used for drawing out inflammation. It has been known to draw out piece of diseased bone from a man's hand
Boil stem + chop up finely + fry or soak in lard + apply as poultice
Elder Flower Ointment for skin diseases. Fill jam-pot with blossoms + pack down. Pour a couple of tablespoons of boiling hot fat or (lard) or fresh unsalted butter on it. Tie down tightly with a lid of greased paper Put it into pot oven or hot pan + allow to simmer for 1 hr. This makes when cool a splendid ointment for skin pimples or rashes. Put a small nut of alium in if ointment is to be kept for a year.
Lesser Celandine is used in curing piles. The roots are dug up washed + stewed in milk one pint of milk is used to every cup of little lump like roots. When tender strain + use 1 tablespoon to 1 wineglass in milk or water [glinies?} daily
Dandelion is used for liver + kidney disorders - Use 1 oz of root to to 1 1/2 pts cold water. Boil quickly for 1 hour with tight fitting lid strain off liquid + bottle ready for use Use 1 tablespoon 3 or 4 times daily in water.
The Mullain Plant is greatly esteemed as a remedy for lung diseases. The flowers are gathers as they blossom + the corollas removed + stewed in milk to which is added plenty of cream. Above, collected from Mary Toole Rathmore no 77 years of age during August Vacation 1938. B. O'Grady- Collector
- B. O' Grady
- Gender
- Female