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School: Shannow

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Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 277

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    injurious to it. Young nettles are good to take as a tonic in the Spring time and chicken weed when applied to a swollen part reduces the swelling.Hoarns are sued as food for pigs. Tempating [?] root is a cure for drawing a thorn. It was an old custom on hollow Een to pull the Yarrow and put it under a pillow and sleep on it.
    The herbs grow mostly where the land is badly laboured.
    The most harmful weed in Drumavaddy is the hemlock because (they) it spreads rapidly and is poison for animals.
    Crowfoot bucklings and thistles are looked upon as bad weeds because they are harmful to good soil.
    Some of those
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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
    Edward Rudden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claragh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mary Rudden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Claragh, Co. Cavan