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School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 8

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  1. Luibheanna (continued)

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    is drunk and it is good for a cough. Nettles are good for measles. Yare grows in bad land. It is most plentiful in the field in which corn is sowed. The old people say it is not right to take ivy into the house. St Patricks Leaf is a weed that cures boils.
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    The Dock is a weed which cures a nettle sting and a burned lip.
    The Silver Weed grows along headlands.
    They other weeds are, The Charlock, Grounsel, Crowfoot, Convulvieusus[?] and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockduff, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Henry Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Knockduff, Co. Donegal