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School: Taplach (roll number 5114)

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Taplagh, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 303

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  2. Herbs

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    Our ancestors believed in the efficacy of herbs to cure nearly every ailment to which we are liable. Here are the name of some of those herbs and the diseases which it is claimed they cure.
    Chicken Weed, - a cure for a strained ankle or swelling.
    Water Grass, - cure inward diseases and purify the blood.
    Hound's Tongue, - a cure for the cough.
    Dandelion, - is used by those who have
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