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School: Turloch (roll number 10286)

Location:
Turlough, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 209

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  1. Herbs and Weeds

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    Alot of cures and other things can be made [?] from herbs and weeds.
    There is a herb called coldfoot and something like tobacco can be made out of it when it is seasoned.
    Rose-noble is a herb with a pointed leaf, and a purple flower comes on it. It is good for a cut.
    Dandelions is an herb with a yellow flower on it. Wine can be made out of it, and there is also a cure in it, and it is good for fowl.
    Farabán is a weed, and a yellow flower grows on it. There is another weed a chicken weed. It grows in a bog or in soft places. It is a cure for a pain in the back.
    Flaggers are weeds which grow in wet
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    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
    Mary Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    J. J. Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo