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School: Manulla (roll number 14544)

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Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Mac an Adhastair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 232

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 232

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    The buachallán, the ferrybawn, the dock, the nettle, and the rush. Garlic is a cure for a soar neck. People go down to the rivers on a Summer's evening and pull water cress for their tea. Broom is a cure for a pain in the back or a soar in the stomach. The garlic is good for a dog that has the fits or a for a cow or a calf that has a worm in his tail. The buacaill an tíge is a cure for a cow or a sheep that has a sore eye. The herbs that are harmful to the land are the thistle, the buachallán, the black-head, and the nettle. The arys ivy is a cure for corns. They old people say that any place that St Patrick walked or went they say that the cabbage grows.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Keher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Keher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo