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School: Shannow

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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 276

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    Thistle, Nettles, lamb quarter, chickenweed, Deaf nettle, Horans, Sperry, Tempting Root, yarrow, those all are harmfull to the spoil.
    Rag worth is a harmful weed so harmful that the Government have issued notices to farmers to clear them of the land. Crofoot is injurious to the crop. It is often used as food for fowls and pigs. The juice of the Dandalion is a cure for warts. Presia is a nasty yellow weed very injurious to the oats crop. The (oats) Docken casts its seed through the field and spreads all over the ground.
    The Thistle is injurious in hay. Nettles spread rapidly through the ground and very
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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