School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)

Location:
Sraheens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 01_044

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    3. Chicken Weed; Is used as a cure for mumps or enlarged tonsils. The weed is heated near the fire and then put to the aflicted part.
    4. The Herb of the Seven cures; So called because it has seven stripes and is supposed to be able to cure seven diseases. It stops bleedings and prevents blood poisining.
    5. Dandelion; The water in which the dandelion is boiled is a cure for heart disease.
    Duileasc; It is dried in the sun and then eaten.
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  2. 1. We set potatoes every year. My father ploughs or dig the land and make ridges. My mother cuts the potatoes into slits, and my father sticks them with a spade or steveen. If he is setting with
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