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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 188

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    Medical weeds. The cranesbill was boiled in new milk, and then the milk was drunk. Watercress was eaten raw with salt. Hemlock is a poison weed and grows near watercress. Carrigeen moss and dilish are herbs.
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    There is a flowering shrub named berry-berris growing on Mrs. Newports land, Inistioge. White flowers come on it every year. it is supposed to cure the Yellow jaundice. To cure it the leaves of this shrub are boiled in new milk and the mixture drunk.
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    The most harmful weeds in this district are:- thistles, dogroot, bishop's weed, sheperd's purse, tansey, bogweed,
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