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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  1. 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)
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