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School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)

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Cooloo, Co. Galway
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Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 394

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  1. Ainmhithe na Feirme (continued)

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  2. Luibheanna

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    Long ago people used herbs for cures, they also eat herbs and they gave them to animals. There are herbs which grow in good warm soil such as thistles and the "red shank". Baráiste, Brisglán grow in bad wet land. Chicken-weed grows in poor land.

    Billeóg Sráide - This is a cure for sore lips

    Bothal Tighe
    Is a cure for sore eyes. Long ago the people said it was lucky to have this weed growing in the thatch.
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