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School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)

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Scart, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 359

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    On our farm the dock plant is the most harmful because it takes a lot of good out of the soil.
    The thistle and nettle are looked upon as denoting rich ground. The juice of the thistle plant is a cure for warts.
    The dandelion was looked on as a cure for consumption by drying it and boiling it and brewing it like tea. The dock plant was a cure for a sting of a nettle. The flowers of the
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