School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Mary Agnes Smyth
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- Long ago people used herbs for all their medicinal purposes. Here are some of the most common ones which they believed to have cures and they were also used for other purposes.
Dandelion is good for the liver and consumption. It was boiled in milk and drank, but if it was not drunk before a certain time it would not cure.
It was also used for making wine.
The coltsfoot is good for lungs and burns.
The bordock is good for(continues on next page)- Collector
- Katie Caulfield
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo