School: Rathwire (B.) (roll number 8415)
- Location:
- Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ó Gallóglaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 384
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“The most harmful herbs or weeds are the thistle, nettle, dock, dandelion...”
(continued from previous page)used to rub a dock leaf to the part stung and say:-"Dockeen, dockeen day take the sting of the nettle away".
Dandelion leaves are sometimes eaten raw by people who have stomach trouble. The marshmalgold was made into an ointment.
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“Most of the potatoes in this district are sown in drills.”
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