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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 532

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    The commonest weeds on our farm are garrawogs, buachaláns, thistles, dockleaves, slacthans, blatháns, fuaráns, Áines, Blioscáns, colts foot, the dother and the comfrey. They spread rapidly and are hard to kill. The thistle grows only on good land, but garrawogs in a field of oats or daisies in a pasture field or blioscáns on the potato ridges is a sure sign that the land is poor.
    The root of the comfrey boiled and scraped is used as a poultice for boils and sores. The juice of boiled nettles is good for a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo