School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
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- On some hills there grows a herb called "Bogbeen". It is only found in soft places chiefly along fences. This is pulled from underneath the water ; it is all while measuring from one to three feet, and about the thickness of a pencil.It is washed and the little "hairs" or anything else that is on it are pulled off and when it is thoroughly cleaned it is put into a saucepan & covered with cold water.The saucepan is placed on the coals & the contents simmer for too hours. It is lifted off & the liquid which is now a greenish black is strained into a vessel and allowed to cool.Every morning it is drunk before breakfast and is invigorating and very healthy.
- Collector
- Agnes Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal