School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 097](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0233%2FCBES_0233_097.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 097
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- XML Page 097
- XML “Herbs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)a pain in the stomach. It is boiled with milk and it is then drank with more milk and sugar.
Water-cress.
Water-cress is taken to purify the blood.Nettles
Nettles are boiled and the juice is called nettle tea. It is a great cure for measles when drank.
Foxglove.
Foxglove is used as a heart stimulant when a drink is made from it.
Burdock
Burdock is used for coughs when drank.(continues on next page)