School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 414
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- (continued from previous page)water and simmer. Apply to the affected part.Cure for Cold or Cough:
Take some dandelion, flax-seed, one glass of treacle, two tablespoonfulls of brown sugar. Add some water.Thistles:
Donkeys are very fond of thistle tops but otherwise the herb is a nuisance to farmers, and according to law must be outdone. There are two kinds of thistles namely small thistles and sow-thistles. The later which grow on tillage land, when plucked and boiled are good for pigs.(continues on next page)
