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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 136

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    The herbs we are most familiar with are the comfrey, thistle, capóg, glasarlian, dandelion, wildfire, and cows lick. Comfrey is a root got only in rich land. It is used as a poultice. Thistles grow only in very rich land. Any cow that eats them will not take "foul mouth". "Capóg" of "socking" grows in any land. The sap of it is a cure for a nettle burn. Glasarlian grows in swampy
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Nora Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathgoonaun, Co. Sligo