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School: St Mary's, Bridge-End

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Bridge End, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 167

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    Harmful weeds
    dock-leaf or dockins, thistles, gilgowans, dandlions, daisies, nettles, chicken weed, [?], yearr, bramble, cold foot, ben-weed, Suilini buidhe
    Weeds which spread rapidly
    cold foot, daisies, ben-weeds, thistles, dockins and nettles
    Weeds which impoverish the soil
    [?], yearr, dockins, and daisies
    Herbs found on good land
    ben-weeds, dandelions and butter-cups.
    Herbs found on poor land
    nettles, bog-bean, rushes, bull-rushes and suiliní buidhe
    Herbs used for medicines
    bog-bean, dandelions, dock-leaf
    How to use them
    bog-bean = boil and drink juice
    dandelions = eat the green leaves
    Tradition connected with herbs
    There is a flower called the blood flower because it was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máighreadh Ní Éigeartaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skeoge, Co. Donegal