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School: Cluain Dá Iomaire (roll number 14801)

Location:
Cloondahamper (Brown), Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 287

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  3. XML “Signs of Good and Bad Land”
  4. XML “Cures”

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  1. Signs of Good and Bad Land (continued)

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    famine.
    7. Red knew grows in stony land.
    8. Rag weed grows in very wet and it spreads out very quickly and this is why it is called rag weed.
    9. Water cress grows in the brink of rivers.
    10. Crows foot grows in hard ground.
    11. Black heads grow in meadows.
    Cures
    1. To get a nettle and boil it and drink the juice it will cure measles.
    2. A dock leaf cures a sting of a nettle.
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  2. Cures

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tigreenaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Willie Cunningham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Tigreenaun, Co. Galway