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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 205

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    back buttons, thistles, grouse and sprit.
    They are very harmful because they spread rapidly and impoverish the soil.
    The weeds which are most harmful to the soil are Dockings, bohalans, guns, whine and many others. There are cures for certain diseases got from these herbs namely the docking and many others. The cure which is got from the docking is, when a person gets a sting of a nettle they rub the juice of a docking on the part of their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghaderrard West, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Owen Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Buckode, Co. Leitrim