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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 277

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    make them fat. Nettles are good for turkeys. They make them big. Thistles are no good. They are the worst weed on the farm. They destroy the crops so that you could not cut the fields they are in. The people have to pull them with their hand.
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    Rose noble is a very good plant for any sickness. People use that plant yet. It is a very green plant and very bitter but there is a cure in it. It does not grow every place. It only grows in certain places round here, in fields and sometimes in gardens.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Annie Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan