School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:: Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
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for tillage or greasing. The red clover and the white clover is a sign of good land and bluebells are the sign of bad land. Dandelion is supposed to be a cure for liver disease. It is put in a cloth and boiled and the juice is drank. There is another weed called the seven sister and white juice is found in it. The juice is supposed to cure lumps.
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There are the names of some of the most harmful weeds in our farm. Dockleaves, Nettles and thistles. There is a cure in dockleaves for a sting, if you leave the dockleaf on the sting it will cure it.

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