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School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 09_023

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    The nettle is one of the commonest herbs that grow in this district of Aughagower. It is a cure for measels. The nettles are to be boiled first and the juice mixed with milk and given to the patient.
    The moss is got on rocks it is no harm to anything. It is used for dyeing stockings it is to be boiled in water and the stockings then put in and left there for a quarter of an hour when they have a brown colour.
    A docket is very harmful when the seeds ripen It spreads and destroys the crops.
    Garlic is a plant that is very useful for sickness. It is a cure for a bad stomach. It is to be boiled and strained and the juice that is over is boiled again in milk and given to the patient.
    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
    Sadie Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corveagh Upper, Co. Mayo