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School: Listellick, Tráighlí

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Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Page 013

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    A cure the old people had for a boil in the neck or a bruise in the foot (stone-bruise) was; they pulled an herb called the meacan-bhuidhe
    It generally grows in forts and lioses. It blooms in April or in May. They used to pull it and then break the top of the stem, they then folded or rolled the stem on itself down to the other end, thus squeezing out the white milk-like juice and they then rubbed it on to the sore or boil.
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