School: Druim (2) (roll number 11108)
- Location:
- Drum, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Francis Coleman
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- The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are, scutch - grass, red -shanks, set - fast, rag - weeds, thistles, colts - foot, day - nettles, dockens, goose - tongue, rushes, comfry, and nettles. Set - fast, scutch - grass, and red - shanks, are harmful because the spread rapidly. Larger weeds, such as thistles, dockens, and rag - weeds, are harmful because they impoverish the soil.
Rushes are looked upon as growing only on wet heavy soil. Dockens grow only on good soil. Dockens, nettles, and colts - foots, are looked upon as having medicinal properties. Dockens will cure the sting of a nettle. They will cure a cough in either cattles or horses also. Nettles will cure rheumatism and pleurisy.
At the gate of Colonel Madden's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jean Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornaglare, Co. Monaghan
