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School: Garr

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Garr, Co. Offaly
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Cáit de Léis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 222

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    plucked and boiled in water this water is said to cure blindness in sheep. If you get a sting of a nettle, and you rub a dock leaf to it, it is able to stop the pain. The Plaintain leaf is used to stop bleeding - it is heated at the fire before being wrapped round the cut.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Nolan
    Gender
    Female