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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 05_019

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    Any person that has the measles. They boil the nettles and give them the soup to drink and they get rid of them immediately. Chicken weed grows through the potato crop. After they set the potatoes they need to hoe out the weeds or they would grow out over the shaws of the potatoes and smother them all over.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Domhnaill Ó Toláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maigh Dabhcha, Co. Donegal