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School: Cuilleán

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Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
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León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 057

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    All the people say in this part of the country if a person ate three feeds of nettles in the month of March all diseases would keep away from you for the year. Seeds fly from nettles and spread through the fields and ruin them.
    Dandelions are very good for curing yellow skinned people. You must boil the flowers and drink their juice. Thistles grow in every kind of land. It is the herb the ass likes best.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo

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    He told me that about fifty years ago the people used to boil nettles and dock leaves for pigs and fowl.
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