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School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

Location:
Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 112

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    Watercress grows in shallow rivers. It is used as a salad and is a blood-purifier.
    Spurge grows by the hedges. Its stem contains a milky fluid that cures warts.
    Fox glove grows by the hedges. Its flower contains a substance that is good for heart disease
    Marshmallow is used for making ointment.
    Dandelion juice is good for warts.
    Dock root and chick-weed grow only in poor land
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Andrew Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Cork

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    Nettles are the worst weed. They spread quickly and are hard to get rid of. Long ago people used to feed pigs and turkeys with nettles.
    Thistles are not found on poor land. They grow only on good land. They are found mostly on pasture where sheep graze.
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