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School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

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Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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    left it on the sting it would cure it.
    Wine is made from dandelions. They are boiled and the juice is kept. If a person with a bad cold drank the juice it would cure him.
    Medicine is made from ferns. It is used for a disease of cattle and sheep.
    Nettles and robin-run-the-hedge are boiled and given to young turkeys.
    Eileen Dervan
    Brogue,
    Kylebrack,
    Loughrea.
    Told by
    Martin Dervan
    Brogue
    Kylebrack,
    Loughrea.
    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
    Eileen Dervan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Burroge, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Dervan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burroge, Co. Galway