School: Kildraught (2)
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- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: E. Ní Armhultaigh
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- 1. The inner bark Berberis vulgaris forms a yellow dye for tinting leather (Mrs Anderson Celbridge)
2. The blossom of whin makes a good yellow dye for easter eggs (ditto) - 3. You will get deep blue dye from Indigo plant (Mrs Wing Celbridge)
- 4. Log-wood & oak dyes navy blue and black clothes. (Mrs Cochrane Celbridge)
5. Black-berries dye clothes. (ditto)
6. Elder berries dyes clother a good white ( ditto) - 1. Poppy juice (lauderum) is a poison. Yew tree is poison & himlock also. Mrs Hollings-worth Celbridge
- 2 Privet is poison for people or animals. (Mr. D. Kirk, Celbridge)
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- Gender
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- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- 5. Night shade, aconite, digitalis, henbane, laur-el, belladona, nicotina are poisonous. (Mrs. (Cassy) Cassidy Lyons Newcastle
- 6. Oak nuts Poison (Mr Hill Celbridge)
- 7. Rhubarb leaves are poison. Cotoneaster berries are poison (Mr. Kirk Celbridge)