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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 13_001

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    These weeds are very harmful to land. The daisy, butter-cup, thistle, felistrium, rushes, slaunless, chicken-weed, buachallán, nettles, comfry, grouncil, praiseach buidhe, dogleaves, amhrán, milk-thistle, clover, mínscoth, speedwel, and yellow-root.
    Herbs that spread quickly are the daisies, thistle, rushes, chicken-weed, buachallán, praiseach buidhe. Where rushes and daisies grow is a sign of poor land. Where thistles, clover, and mínscoth grow is the sign of rich land. The nettles are boiled and the water is given to cows murns. Comfry is cut up small and put to a sprain. Grouncil is used for feeding canary birds. Slawnless is put up to a cut to stop blood. The dogleaf is used for the burn of a nettle. The milk-thistle is given
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Bairéad
    Gender
    Unknown
    Informant
    Mrs T. Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry