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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 261

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    flower on the top. Nettles and thistles and docks are given to turkeys and pigs, mixed through their food.
    Dandelion
    Dandelion is also given to pigs. Horses also eat nettles and thistles. People only eat nettles once a year. That is in the Spring and nearly all the people around this district eat then. They are no good except in the Spring.
    Ivy leaves are used for dyeing clothes green. When they are dyeing the clothes they put the leaves in water and boil them. When the leaves are boiled they strain the water off and take out the leaves. Then they boil the clothes in the water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shanragh, Co. Laois
    Informant
    William Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanragh, Co. Laois