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School: Muileann na hUamhan (C.) (roll number 15363)

Location:
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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    House Leek - A plant which grows in the form of a rosette with thick leaves found on the thatch of houses is supposed to save the house from fire. People never pull this plant.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Occupation
    Shoemaker's wife
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary