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School: Tunnyfoyle

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Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 179

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    Herbs are very plentiful in this district. The names of some of the herbs are the nettle, ragwort, thistle, dock, slandles are plentiful. If one had the measles get a nettle and boil the nettle and when it would be boiled take the water of the nettle and make tea of it and drink it. When thistles or nettles grow in fields the people try to get rid of them. The ragwort grows on dry land. Most of the herbs grow in the summer. Some people give nettles to young turkeys.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cathleen Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan