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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 264

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    given to young turkeys, and they are also mixed with food for feeding pigs.
    In olden times our grandmothers gave nettles when they were fresh and young, in the early Spring as medicine to all the members of the family. They were also used as vegetables when people had nothing else.
    Dandelion was also considered a good food in the feeding of pigs; it had to be cut up out of the ground, and women and girls formerly went about doing this work and could be seen carrying
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Brogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Christy Brogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford