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Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
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B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 275

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    scatter. Then the coming year you have a larger crop of weeds and they destroy the soil.
    The juice of the dandelion is an old cure for warts. The way it is used is, squese the juice out of the stem and make the sign of the cross on the wart with the juice. When a person is sick an old cure for them is to get dandelion leaf and boil them and drink the juice. It has been used by many people. The thistle is supposed to be good for pigs.
    When Ivy leaves are boiled they are good for dyeing fishing nets.
    The herbs most harmful are Rag Worth, Crofoot, dandalion, Confrey. Prisa, docken,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Rudden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claragh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mary Rudden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Claragh, Co. Cavan