School: Drumcoghill
- Location:
- Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Iomaire
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- (continued from previous page)For Dropsy (1) Horse Radish, Butcher's Broom, & Rose Noble - stew and drink the liquid.
2. Asse's milk to drink.
For Boils: Orange Lily roots boiled and made into a poultice. Apply to the boil and sometimes - if it is nearly ripe - will cause the boil to burst in a few hours.
or Half a glass of bad whiskey.For Kidney Trouble:- Stew Parsley. drink the tea 3 times a day.Diarrhoea:- Blackberry Wine. 2. Brier leaves.Wasting (or Diarrhoea also)
Leaces of Briar, Black thorn, W. thorn, Black Sally, Oak, Ash, Boil all together.Give in doses to cattle according to age &c.- Collector
- Mrs A. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Corr, Co. Cavan