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School: Gleanntán

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Glounthaune, Co. Cork
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Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0383, Page 073

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    Boiled Marchmallow, was used in former times to cure a lump or a boil on the skin. You should boil the flower and make it like jelly.
    A cure for asthma was to boil a dandelion and treat it in the same way as the marchmallow and drink it.
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