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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 279

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    Colts fort grows on bad land. Thistles, ragweed and dockens are supposed to grow on good land. A dandelion is a cure for stomach trouble. Nettles clean out the blood. Docken seed is a cure for a cough in a cow. The people boil them and then they put the water in the cow. Dockens are good for pigs. They help them to grow.
    The people boil nettles and give them to turkeys. Dockens cure a sting of a nettle. The people rub it to the sting three time and say while rubbing it
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