School: Muine Mór
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)and rub it to the sting and say docken in and nettle out and in a few minutes the sting is gone. There are a lot of cures in the nettle. Nettle tea is a cure for measles. The tea is got by boiling the nettles and the sick person drinks the water in which they are boiled and from that on they are mending. The nettle is the chief food for young turkeys. The nettle leaves are boiled and given to the turkeys to prevent a disease called the pip which the turkeys take when they are young.The thistle is a big tall strong weed with big thorns on it.It grows in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mac Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim
