School: Boston (roll number 10212)
- Location:
- Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhocharthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)People eat young tender nettles cooked as cabbage to purify the blood. Water Cress is eaten as a vegetable. Sorrel is eaten raw.
Blossoms of the furze dye a lovely yellow. Alder berries dye a deep purple. Ivy leaf water cleans navy serge.
Tulip bulbs boiled are set as poison for rats. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Bridie Heffernan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Feighcullen, Co. Kildare