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School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)

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Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 172

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    Briar leaves a cure for swollen feet. To make the cure the person with the swollen feet must put the briar leaves in their shoes. Sea fog is a cure for paralysis. To make the cure the person with paralysis must be rubbed three times a day with (threes) the sea weed. Dockans are a cure for the sting of a nettle. The way to make the cure is to rub the Dockans to the burn and saw "nettle burn dockan cure". Seeds of dockans boiled is a cure for bronchitis. The person that has the bronchitis must drink the juice of the boiled dockans seed. Ive leaves steeped in vinegar is a cure for corns. The Ivy leaves must be put to the corns for the cure
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