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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
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P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 257

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    Prashock.
    Prashock grows in corn. It is not as harmful as scutch.
    Dandelion.
    Dandelion grows with thistles on good land, especially in meadows and pastures. Most people use the dandelions for feeding pigs and fowl.
    Night Shade.
    Night shade is a poisonous weed. It grows on the ditches and red berries grow on it.
    Nettles.
    Nettles are given mixed with other food to pigs and fowl. They grow in pastures and in old gardens.
    Docks.
    Docks grow in old haggards with Buacláns. If you got the sting of a nettle you
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois