School: Cartown, Clogherhead (roll number 1576)
- Location:
- Carastún, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Alice Mc Glue
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- Rose Noble is a great cure for festering wounds, constitutional lumps, &c. It is locally known as "Stinking Rogers".Camomile Tea is used for stomach troubleSorrel is said to be good for headache.Marsh Mallows for poulticingMull or Mullen plant cures consumptiomNettles boiled clean the blood. Some people boil nettles with cabbage & use it for dinner. They are often used boiled & chopped in colcannon.Poppy tea cures toothahe breaks, gum boils & abcesses.Garlic is good for colds.Celery is good for RheumatismBuglass (seaweed) was used in poulticingSloes (steeped in cold water with a little gin added, are good for sore throat) The water in which sloes have heen steeped, with gin added is a good gargle for sore throatComfrey Root cures Rheumatism