School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Tuaithe (C.) (roll number 16251)
- Location:
- Teampall Tuaithe, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Ailís Ní Bhuadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 182
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- 1 Prishauch 2. FOxtail 3. Roin-under the hedge. 4 Spunk 5 Chicken-weed 6 Wart-weed
1 When the wart-weed is plucked and its white juice rubbed to a wart it goes away after a short time.
2 If a person were badly stung by nettles, the Dock leaf when rubbed to the sting, would cool, and cure it.
3 How often people throw away cabbage water thinking it is not any good, but it is the best thing one could use for the kidneys
4 If you ate boiled nettles twice in the month of April, you would never be sick for the whole year.
5 If a person drinks the juice of the Elder tree when it is boiled it is good for the blood
6 There is a certain leaf and on it is a dark spot like a drop of blood. If this leaf is put to any part the body(continues on next page)
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