School: Oram (roll number 8496)

Location:
Oram, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. McMahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 379

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 379

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    mentioned in any song or saying The land is hilly but it is good There is not much bog land.
    There is no wood growing in this townland. There are no stories about any lakes or streams or rivers.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There are many weeds growing on our farm. The most harmful weeds are redshank, thistles, cowfoot, ferns, gillgowans, nettles, scutchgrass chickenweeds, and whins. All these weeds spread quickly. Redshank, thistles, ragweeds, nettles, scutchgrass ferns and whins grow only on good ground but gillgowans only grow on bad ground. Nearly every herb cures some disease. Nettle broth will cure the measles and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oram, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Neil Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Oram, Co. Monaghan