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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0318

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    dandelion is used as medicine for the heart. The people also make wine from dandelions. People say that if a person took the stem off a dandelion and got the white juice out of it and rubbed it on to a wart that the wart would go.
    "Braisre" is another weed which grows on bad land and it is about the most harmful weed that grows on all the land. First it appears only like a small yellow flower. After a time seeds come on the top of the flowers and the wind scatters them all over the land. This weed burns the crops and impoverishes the soil.
    Garlic is used for coughs and consumption. It also puts a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs O' Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway