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School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre

Location:
Graignagower, Co. Waterford
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Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 192

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  1. Herbs (continued)

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    which I could not get the names are used in medicine for cattle.
    The people use ivy leaves to clean clothes. They also use log wood and copperas to clean clothes. The ewe tree and the rohdodendrom at certain seasons of the year are poisonous.
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  2. Old Ruins

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    There is the ruin of an old castle ain Cloughclooney. The castle it situated about three miles from the halfway-house. It is in the village of Cloughclooney, facing south, quite close to a bye road. A family of the Prendergasts lived in it. It is there two or three hundred years. When the family left, it went to rack and farmers removed stones from it.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Bean Uí Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford