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School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
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H. Fitzgerald
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 233

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    simple cure for Rhumatism. Old people were very fond of gathering nettles, chopping them fine, and then mixing them with Indian meal, raw or cooked for chickens or young turkeys.
    "Loster-one" is found plentifully in fields and meadows. Farmers long ago used send out their maid-servants with a sack-bag, and on old blade of a knife in hand to pick "Loster-one" in the early meadows along with earthen fence until the sack was full. It was then emptied, chopped fine, and mixed with gruel - which was indian meal boiled over the fire - and served out to pigs. It was considered a very valuable as well as a cheap way for feeding the hungry animals. Cabbage was also treated in the same way. Hay used be boiled in big pots, and the haywater given to horses or mixed with skim milk for calves.
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  2. The Potato Crop

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    The Potato Crop
    Potatoes are largely grown int his district, but not for sale. Farmers grow just as many of them, as they will lead for themselves, and as will feed the animals on the farm, chiefly pigs, Potatoes boiled, and mixed with meal, form a valuable fattening food for these animals. Raw potatoes cut small, or pulped, if used in large quantities make a good food for milk cows in winter time. The amount of land cultivated
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Danaher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Dan Danaher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick