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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 129

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    There are many harmful weeds growing in out land, namely, the docking the ragweed, the dandelion, and the nettle. The docking is the most harmful of all, because it spreads all over the ground very quickly.
    The dandelion is used for killing warts and the nettle is used for food for turkeys and ducks.
    Somepeople say that the docking will cure the sting of a nettle if you say this rhyme -
    Docking Docking in and out, Take the sting of the nettle out, If you dont, I'll cut your throat,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kearans
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnalea, Co. Cavan