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School: Cillín

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Killeen, Co. Mayo
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Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 610

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  1. Plants and Weeds and Herbs of Locality

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    Common weeds in this place are capóga, nettles, cold feet, chicken weed, thistle, fusrán, grunlas, Fearában firim, fearrabán birim, bainne maith, Muigh bhfear, glasar léine, niathfort, buachalán buidh, buachalán dearg, creamh, comfraoi, clúdhach. Bainne maith, capóga, nettles, cold feet, chicken weed, thistles, prevent crops from growing.
    Grunlas, Fearrabán firim, fearrabán biri, buachalán buidh, buachalán dearg, chicken weed grow in good land.
    Muigh bhfear, glasar léine, comfraoi, grow in wet marshy land.
    Capóga, Muigh bhfear, niathfórt, comfraoi, baainne maith have cures.
    A capóg is a cure for a burn from a nettle. If you get a burn from a nettle get a capóg and slap it against it.
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
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    Pat Tighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo