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   on the sore or cut. It nearly always cures the cut. It draws out all the badness. People used not go to doctors at all long ago.

   There is another herb called "Robin run the hedge". It grows nowhere only on ditched and hedges. It is used for sick turkeys. It grows on a long stem. The stem is taken and pounded. The juice is squeesed out and given to the turkeys.

   

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   The most harmful weed growing on our farm at home is the dock-leaf. When it grows it has little seeds on it and when these seeds fall off and grow again. They spread rapidly. They make the soil bad. There is another harmful weed growing called the chicken-weed. It grows in gardens. It is a little green weed. There is another weed growing called

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agnes Power

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mr James Power

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Galway