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School: Ballyhaise (2)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 239

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    The chief weeds growing on our farm at home are bishop weed, chicken weed, slanlus, dandelions, cuckoo sorrel, thistles, scutch grass, grouunsel, lamb quarter, comfrey root, ragweed, crowfoot, coltsfoot, convolvous, and deaf nettles.
    Of the most harmful are dockens, nettles, crowfoot, redshank, bishop weed, scutch grass, ragweed, thistles, lamb quarter, and hemlock.
    All of these weeds spread rapidly and impoverish the soil.
    The following are used to cure diseases- nettles, dendelions, slanlus, comfrey root, and hemlock.
    The roots of nettles are stewed and the juice is used for curing measles.
    Dandelion juice is used to cure warts.
    Comfrey root and hemlock are used to put down
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnashanna, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    F. Mulligan
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Lisnashanna, Co. Cavan