School: Attymass B.
- Location:
- Attymass, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Flannghaile
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- (continued from previous page)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.HerbsThe 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.BoilsThere 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 bloodAnother 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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Othon Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Attymass, Co. Mayo