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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 090

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    people in Spring and early summer gathered all kinds of herbs for different diseases. Then they would leave them out in the sun to dry and afterwards store them away in a dry place. Now according as those herbs were required they were boild and the liquid drank.
    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
    John Timlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinglen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Timlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Ballinglen, Co. Mayo