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 11_037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 11_037

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  1. There is a class of a weed that grows in among the potato crop. It is called a day-nettle and it has a reddish colour and the people say that there was a man eat a bit of it and that he died soon after.
    There is another class of an herb that grows only every seldom. It is called a kind of a herb that grows
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aodh Mac Giolla Riadaí
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Paddy Melly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuaim, Co. Donegal