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School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 447

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    a good cure for boils.
    You have to roast it on a coal and rub butter on it, and then put it to the boils. Plantun weed is a good cure for a sore throat. You have to boil it and drink the water and it will cure it.
    The Docken is a good cure for a sting of a nettle. When you get the sting you should pull a dockan and wet it and put it to the sting and say "Dockan Dockan" take the sting away."
    Ferrans are a cure for wildfire. You have to put it into a basin and pour hot water on it and let whatever thing is inside go through the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Street, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Joe Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38