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

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Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 533

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    cold, and the juice of the dock leaf is good for nettle burns. The old people used to boil nettles and eat them with gruel and many a meal they made of watercress.
    Nettles, dandelions and spearmint used to be boiled and the juice given to persons suffering from heart disease, and to those who were run down. Some herbs have been used to cure ringworm. A man in Reisk long ago was suffering from rheumatism. He made a bed of nettles for himself and lay in it till he was blistered all over. Then he pricked the blisters with a straight pin and he never had rheumatism afterwards. Nettles and
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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