School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 174
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“Hemlock mixed in buttermilk and sheep washed with it, keeps the flies away from them.”
(continued from previous page)The Mullagh-leaf boiled in new milk and the mixture strained and taken as a drink is good for a cough.
- Get Brookline when it is green and squeeze all the juice out of it and drink it for consumption
- The root of the buttercup eaten is good for a toothache or headache.
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“The Blast Weeds are of two kinds.”
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- Long ago people did not wear boots as we do now. They wore shoes like sandals. These shoes had only a bit of leather over the toe of them and at the back there was no heel. These shoes were made of sheep's skin. Long ago "Clogs" were worn by the men and women.