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

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Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 137

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    land. It is a poison for goslings. Dandelion is boiled and strained. The juice is a cure for rheumatism. Wild fire grows in boggy land, if you rub against it you will take wildfire. Cows lick grows only on the thatch of a house. It does not grow wild, it must have been set.
    Bob Gray, Leafforney, Kilglass Co. Sligo, pulls herbs and makes them into ointment as a cure for boils. Michael Feeney(now dead) Rathgoonane, Dromore West was cured by him.
    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
    Teresa Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Nora Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathgoonaun, Co. Sligo