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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

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Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 108

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    In my farm at home there are some useful Herbs for cures and other bad ones:-
    "Yarrow" This flower is found in cornfields, it is used for the cure of a headache.
    "Bolt Foot" This flower is foun din our gardens in early spring and it is used for the cure of chest complaints.
    "Ox eye daisy" This flower is in bloom from June to August and it is a bad flowere because when the seeds fall they grow up more flowers and the only way to stop them is to dig it up. It is called in this district dog daisy.
    "Copper Weed" This weed is used for sting of an nettle and the way to use it is to day dooking docking in and out take the sting of the nettle out.
    "Marrow Plant" This flower is found in our gardens, it is in bloom in the month of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Mach Uidhir
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Louth