School: An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin (roll number 7911)
- Location:
- An Currach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 299
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- XML “Dock Leaf”
- XML “Groundsel”
- XML “Monán Muire”
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- Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc Bhaile an Oidhre, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Groundsel is a weed with a mitred leaf and yellow blossom. It would cure any kind of a sore that would come from itself.
- Monán Muire is a weed that grows about 1 foot high, a white blossom comes on it. Sometimes it is a shade of pink or yellow. The old people used to pull it on May Day and keep it all through the year. It is a cure for some disease on animals.
