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School: Coillte Craobhacha, Baile na Muc (roll number 15108)

Location:
Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Cionáith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 048

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    people use the nettle's roots for medicine when they have the measles. They boil the roots and take them. The (toothache) Chicken weed is good for a toothache. Boil them and put it to the tooth. The herbs people take for food are Lettuce, Carrots, sage, cabbage, Leeks, onions, chives parsnips, celery, and turnips. The herbs that animals get for food are meadow sweet thistle, Dandelion and mangels. People put ivy with clothes when they are washing them to keep them from fading. If you drank the honey out of flowers it would poison you.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sibéal Ní Chaiside
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fardrumman, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford