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School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

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Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 112

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Andrew Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Cork

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    Nettles are the worst weed. They spread quickly and are hard to get rid of. Long ago people used to feed pigs and turkeys with nettles.
    Thistles are not found on poor land. They grow only on good land. They are found mostly on pasture where sheep graze.
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