School: Cor Bealaigh
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 084
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- Ouilleorgin Gruf Padrarc stps bleeding; the mean type of this herb when applied as a poultice is excellent for drawing out evil matter. If you hit any animal or person with a rush or bore-tree it is said that the person will not grow and something will happen the animal or person that was hit.
- Collector
- Michael Foody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kilcullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
- Every farmer round our district grows about two acres of potatoes every year. They set the potatoes every year. They set the potatoes in drills. The farmer ploughs the land and harrows it so that the clay may be fine.(continues on next page)
