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School: Newtown, Fertullagh

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An Baile Nua, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
K. Shumacher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 122

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    Daisies and dandelions are used for dyeing purposes.
    Herbs were used extensively for curing different diseases. We do not know of anybody who used them. Some sufferers were cured by these means.
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    The most harmful weed growing at home on our farm is the robin-run-the-hedge or Ragged Robin.
    Robin-run-the-hedge prashia, chick-weed, lambs-qarted, thistles, ferns, nettles docks and hemlock are also to be found They are harmful because they spread all over the fields very quickly.
    Prashia, lambs-quarter and hemlock grow only where there is good land.
    Robin-run-the-hedge chick-weed, thistles, ferns, nettles, and docks grow on bad
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eric Redding
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Atticonor, Co. na hIarmhí
    Informant
    Mrs Redding
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Atticonor, Co. na hIarmhí