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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

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Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 33

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    are mixed with meal, and are ready for use. Nettle juice is also given to young people. Another weed like "shell strings" grows in this place. This weed will cure the yellow jaundice.
    Another weed called the broom is used as a cure for kidney and liver disease. The root of a dandelion is used as a cure for heart disease.
    Some weeds have poison in them. There is a poison in the flowers that come from the willow tree. In this time of the year, there is poison in a rhubarb leaf. There is also poison in the leaves of the lilac tree in this time of the year. White moss is often used for dyeing stockings. The white moss is to be boiled with the stockings. It will change white stockings to a kind of brown.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo