School: Rochfortbridge (Convent of Mercy) (roll number 14603)

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1. Old Story (continued)

   

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   the housekeeper was churning and there was so much butter in the churn she could not lift off the dash. On lifting the lid she found the churn was packed with butter.

   (Two very unlucky things to interfere with are the short chain of the plough and caulter.

   

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2. Herbs

   

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   Herbs Harmful ones. The two bucallons the yellow and blue, the dock, the spunk, a broad leaved weed, a long shank goes to subsoil, and has a taproot. There three weeds impoverish the soil and spread very rapidly, and take three years to come to maturity, and very hard to exterminate. Robin run the hedge, chicken weed, tanzy, ground ivy, spearmint, dandelion, the red and white nettle. Green ointment is made from Razer Marsh Mallow and Elder leaves, mixed with Vaseline, used for all sores. Old Schools In Farthingstown, Rochfort Bridge

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Grehan

   Gender

   Female

3. Old Schools

   

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   Old Schools

   In Farthingstown Rochfort Bridge

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