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School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)

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Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon
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Patrick O' Dowd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 154

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    of it. Dandelion is a very good medicine for the stomach. My father also told me that he had a horse with a sore breast. He heard one of the old people of the village, saying that the bark of an oak tree was very good for curing a horse with a sore breast. He got the bark and peeled it and boiled it. When he was a few days rubbing it on the horse, he noticed the wound healing, and a couple of days after, the scab fell off and the wound healed.
    Pupil's name - P.J. Glennon,
    Cloonadra, Lanesboro, Co. Longford
    Told by - Peter Glennon, Senior,
    Cloonadra, Lanesboro, Co. Longford
    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
    P.J. Glennon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Peter Glennon Senior
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon