School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Dockins are sometimes let grow and ripen. Then they are dried and preserved and the seeds taken from them. These seeds are boiled and the juice is a very good cure for a cough.
Chicken-weed and whins are pounded and are sometimes given to horses instead of oats and carrots.
Dandelions and chicken-weed(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Cavan