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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_021

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    Nettles, docks, thistles, farraban, braiske, chicken-weed, buachalans cabbage weeds, fairy fingers rose nobles, dandelion mugworth
    Mugworth is a cure for the "Bad Sickness"
    The Rose Noble is a cure for Erysipelas.
    The Fairy Fingers is a long plant with red things on it like fingers.
    The is a cure in Broom for diseases on Cattle.
    Buachalans are of no use at all and they ruin the land.
    Chicken-weeds are those weeds which grow on potatoes.
    Braiske is a long yellow plant.
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    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
    Nora O Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo