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School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)

Location:
Coolard, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Ní Liaghain
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    and where that weed grows any other crop will not grow.
    The people spray that weed and banish it.
    All those weeds grow in bad land but the praiseac weed grows in good earthy land.
    In olden times people made a drink of a weed called robin-run-the-hedge it was drunk for purifying the blood.
    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
    Nora Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Inch East, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Joseph Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Inch East, Co. Kerry