School: Killeenkere
- Location:
- Killinkere, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)The following weeds grow in bad land nettles, Dockings and black-heads.
To cure a rash or a blood disease of any kind young nettles are boiled and the water strained through a cloth and kept in bottles and the person who has the rash takes a glass each morning before their breakfast.
The dandelion is also used for curing warts. The person who has the warts goes out to where the dandelion is growing and pulls the stems which he squeezes again the warts. A white milk like liquid flows from it and the person is supposed to let it dry on the warts and to do that for nine days at the end of that time the warts are supposed to be cured.
A weed known as blackheads is used to stop bleeding. I tried this myself and found it successful. This is how it is used. The person who is bleeding gets a few of the leaves of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary P. Glennon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnahederna, Co. Cavan
