School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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If you boil nettles and drink the water in the month of March you would not get a cold for the whole year
The berries of a trum bush are a lovely colour and they make wine of them. The skin that is inside is good for a burn.
Sloes make jin
Macana Company is good for keeping down swelling
If you had a goat he would pickup all the poisonous herbs on the land.
If you would break up snails and make a plaster of them they would heal boils Bugals would also do(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Hogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Hogan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Newbrook, Co. Mayo