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School: Lorrha (B.) (roll number 600)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 055

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    can be boiled, and when mixed with meal it is very fattening. There is also a little weed, and when it is bruised milk comes out of it, and that milk is used for poisoning fish. Weeds are also used for dyeing. In the olden times many herbs were used for curing diseased and many of those cures were better than the cures the Doctors have now.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Uinnseoin De Bourctier
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis Brett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lorrha, Co. Tipperary