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School: Attymass B.

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Attymass, Co. Mayo
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P. Ó Flannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 337

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    To get a deep cut the only thing to stop the blood is a bit of cobweb. It also can be stopped by scraping lime from a white-washed wall on to the cut.
    Herbs
    The young growing up, thistle is good for mending a person's nerves. "Cóm-Conórac" is a large leaf good for drawing corruption or any bad stuff inside a cut.
    Boils
    There grows a thing in bogholes named "Jongna Zérbe or "Mountain Brain which people say is better than anything else for burns. Within ten minutes of it being put on the pain the burning ceases.
    Purifying the blood
    Another herb which grows on a mountain or bogs is called úrlérbe or Mountain sage. It grows like a bócalláin with a yellow flowers on top. To boil it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Othon Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Attymass, Co. Mayo