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School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)

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Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 139

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    Some plants are used as food - castarbhán for pigs, dandeloin for chickens and thistles for donkeys.
    Hemlock is used as poison for rats, dogs and cats.
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    Mouse ear chickweed is very poisonous for lambs. It spreads rapidly. The le-lu-uisce is a very harmful weed. It kills sheep and it grows in boggy land It is also used as a cure for pains by chopping it up and saving the juice. The juice is then rubbed well where the pain is. It is used also
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Brunnock
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doon, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Brunnock
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Doon, Co. Tipperary