School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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- (continued from previous page)furze bush and beetroot.
- Dogleaf is a soothing, cooling remedy for nettle stings.
Nettles when boiled and flavoured are excellent for the blood.
Clover is a food for rabbits.
Dandelion is good for young turkeys.- Informant
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gooig, Co. Limerick
- The thistle is very harmful because it makes the ground very poor. It is said that the soil is good and fertile where buttercups grow.
The weed called Yarra is good for stomach ache.
Groundsel is given to cage birds. Boiled nettles are given to young ducks.
Ivy leaves are good for corns.