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School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 113

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    9 March 1928
    Plants
    Buachall an tighe
    It grows on the thatch of a house it is called that because it always grows on the house it is a great cure for toothache to boil it and put the juice of it down on the rotten tooth
    Ivy Leaf.
    It is a cure for corns to heat an ivy leaf and leave it on the corn.
    Broom
    It is like a wild fir. It is a cure for kidney trouble in horses. To boil it and strain it and give it to them to drink.
    Mionnán Muire = It grows in a big bunch with big long stalks and a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Nicholson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Michael Nicholson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway