School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)
- Location:
- Louth, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 110
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- Presher is the weed which the farmer hates most, this weed grows in rich tilled land only.
It destroys wheat, oats, barley. When the seeds are sown it grows up quickley and keeps the corn under its leaves and does not let the sun ripen it. Saint Patricks leaf is another weed but it is very useful it will cure cuts or a swelling, it grows in boggy land only.
Palsy is a weed of the same kind it is a cure for consumption it grows in poor land.
The nettle is another weed it grows in poor waste land, it is used for feeding young turkeys, there is a sting in it also.
The Copper weed is another weed of the same kind but it kills the sting of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séan Ó Liondáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Louth, Co. Louth
