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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 360

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    clover were used as a cure for cuts. The cow-slip was a cure for palsy long ago. There is a flower called the red shank and it is said that it got its colour when Our Saviour was dying on the cross. The flower was near the cross and a drop of blood fell on it and that it how it got its name and colour.
    The blossom of the furze bush was used for dying clothes long ago.
    Donkeys were very fond of thistles. Buacalláns will never grow where sheep graze.
    Sometimes people eat boiled nettles instead of cabbage.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aingeala Ní Críodáin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Creed
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45