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School: Abbeylara

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Abbeylara, Co. Longford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0634

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    The most harmful weeds growing are the thistle and cucth grass and bukalaun. They are harmful because they spread and impoverish the soil. The bukalawn is harmful because it poisons cattle or anything that eats it. The thistle grows on every sort of land. The dandelion grows only on good land.
    The buttercup grows only in bad land. The people pluck the buttercup and put it to a person's chin and if it shines they like butter.
    Some herbs have medicinal properties. The sour docking can cure kidney trouble. The bog bean is used for purifying the blood.
    Long ago, the dandelion was used for feeding pigs. The leaves were boiled in water and meal. Heather was given to cattle long ago. It was boiled and mixed with milk before
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mulvey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyboy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mulvey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballyboy, Co. Longford