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School: Cor Bealaigh

Location:
Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 082

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  1. My Townland

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    There are a hundred people in the townland. There is only one old man about eighty years who is excellent at telling stories and speaking Irish. His name is Patrick Fleming his wife is a good Irish speaker also.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Howley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dooyeaghny or Cloonloughan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardvally, Co. Mayo

  2. Herbs

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    HerbsPeople who have a week heart eat the boiled roots of the daisy as a cure.
    Boil the young nettles like cabbage and they will act as a purifier for the blood. If you rub a copog on a nettle-sting it will take it away. Copogs grow near nettles.
    There is nothing as good as pig-nuts for the stomach especially for indigestion.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit