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School: Tiobraid Árann, Cl. na Trócaire (roll number 9432)

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Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
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An tSr. Síle Ní Ghiollagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0578, Page 281

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    for the stomach; it is also boiled for turkeys
    Ivy leaves are used for dyeing and cleaning black stuff.
    Three meals of nettles are eaten in the month of May by children, to purify the blood.
    Herbs were extensively used in former times. Herbalists compounded them. People were nearly always cured after using them.
    The Danes had a secret how to make whiskey out of the blossoms of the heather. The father and son who held the secret were seized by an Irish Prince who wanted to get the secret from them. They refused to tell so he cast them into prison and while they were
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Folktales index
    AT2412E: (Danish Heather Beer.)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John O' Farrell
    Gender
    Male