“In olden times the people had great belief in the power of herbs for curing diseases. While the herb was being applied they always chanted some old rhyme. When one gets a sprained ankle he pulls chickweed and roasts it on red coals and then applies it to the ankle. I believe this old cure never fails.”
Máire Nic Loclainn, County Donegal, The Schools’ Collection, 1930’s
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