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School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)

Location:
Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 210

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    Two useful herbs - Fox Tongue and marrow root cure scury, by boiling them together and rubbing the mixture on
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    The thistle is the most harmful weed on our farm it spreads very rapidly the head is a mass of seed, and it blows in the breeze over a very wide area. It also inpoverishes the soil very much. It grows on any soil good or bad.
    Blackhead is a weed
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommie Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bennie Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath