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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 141

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    There are a good many herbs and weeds growing on our farm at home.
    The most common of these are nettles. In spring-time if the nettles are boiled and eaten they are a cure for bad blood. The most harmful weed growing in this part of the country is the dock, because it spreads rapidly and it is very hard to banish it. It grows in every kind of land. There is a cure in the dock for a burn.
    There is a cure in comfrey for sores and cuts. It grows in dry gardens. If one root is sown it will spread all over the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lynam
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Andrew Carney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknaskeagh, Co. Mayo