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School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)

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Loughrea, Co. Galway
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An tSr Adrian
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0301

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    for rheumatism, and for diseases of the liver. Dandelion wine is made by pouring a gallon of boiling water over four quarts of the yellow petals of the Dandelion flower. Cover it for three days, and then bottle. It is to be drank fasting in the morning as a cure for rheumatism or liver disease. Nettles are also used for rheumatism. They are boiled in milk, mixed with vinegar, and used fasting in the morning, it is also good for rash. The white juice of the dandelion when squeezed on scabs removes them often, some time, and keeps potatoes good by poisoning the ringworm.
    The bark of the elder pounded
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Monan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cosmona, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50