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School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 406

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    There are herbs called bouchalauns, black-heads and praiste and they do alot of harm to the land. The praiste is bad for oats and the bouchalauns are bad for grass. The herbs that are hurtful to good land are nettles, docket leaves, thistles and furze.
    Nettles are good for you blood when they are boiled and The juice of a docket leaf is very good for the whooping cough.
    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
    Francis Brady
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway