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School: Baile Uí Mhuireadhaigh (roll number 12964)

Location:
Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Ghealbháin
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    Herbs
    The most harmful weeds or plants growing on our farm are: the dandelion, heartsease,camomile flowers and house-leek.
    These are small little plants which grow on certain kinds of land.
    Some of these plants are harmful because they are poisonous.
    The dandelion spreads rapidly but all of them impoverish the soil.
    Very few of them grow in good land the grow in 'poor' land.
    Almost every herb has some medical virtue or other.
    The dandelion is used to cure yellow jaundice.
    Heartsease is said to cure heart disease.
    The juice of the camomile flower will it is said, cure sore eyes.
    House-leek is also used to cure
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Lough
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonconra, Co. Roscommon