School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)

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1. Herbs

   

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   The most harmful weed on the farm in our district is the cockles. It is very harmful because it grows in the middle of the crop and spreads all over it and destroys it. When the nettle is boiled the juice should be taken and it is said that it will cure any rash that comes out on your body or on your face. The milk out of the dandelion will cure warts. Long ago the doctors made ointment from the thistle and used it for all sorts of wounds.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Coleman

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Curkeen Hill, Co. Dublin

2. Herbs

   

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   There are different kinds of weed on the farm which do very much harm to the crops. Here are some, the yellow weed which grows in wheat. It spreads all over the ground when the wind comes. The dandelion which grows in cabbage or turnips and sucks all the food out of the ground; it is very good for warts. The sorrel which grow on grass fields is very good for boils when copped up. In former times people used to go around gathering horse radish

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