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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Mary Agnes Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 536

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    boils.
    Silver weed is good for sore eyes by applying the herb on the afflicted part.
    The brier root is good for the kidneys by boiling the brier root in small quantities in milk.
    Ivy leaf is good for corns.
    "buachaill Tighe" is good for sore eyes by getting the juice of it and let it drop into the eye.
    "Billeogh báidhthe" is good for enriching the blood. It grows on the banks of rivers.
    Water cress for indigestion. Chicken week for reducing swellings by heating it and leaving it on the swelling
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulach Shrutháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo