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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0196, Page 120

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    Around this district there are a lot of old weeds and herbs such as the Docken, the Briar, Robin Run the Hedge the thistle and the nettle and some others.
    The Docken is the common weed that grows around this district it grows especially in crop ground or along a ditch. You could cure the sting of the nettle with the Docken by saying docking in and nettle out, docken in and nettle out and so on like that and while saying the words you are to keep rubbing the docken on the sting. The leaf of the docken is of a green colour with a big thick stem.
    The briar grows especially along a ditch it is on the briar the black berry
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim