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School: Brownknowe (roll number 7464)

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Brownknowe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Ghiolla Chearr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 234

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    The most common herbs in this district are dandelion, nettle, dock, redshank, geel, thistle, benweed, yarrow, mugweed, pirl, cratae, daynettle, skellig, peppermint, coltsfoot, chickenweed, houseleek, and groundyarg.
    The thistle, dockweed, and nettle spread mostly in land where potatoes and corn are growing. They often grow so thickly as to smother up the crops. Geel and yarrow often grow where corn has been sown, and they make the ground poor and the crop very light.
    Bogbean is used in the springtime for medicine. It is gathered and stewed, and people take half a glass every morning. It purifies the blood and is very good for the system.
    Chicken-weed roasted is an old cure for sprains. Parsley is stewed and drunk is a splendid cure for kidney trouble.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Ferguson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carn High, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr David Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Carn High, Co. Donegal