School: Kiltegan
- Location:
- Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: S. Foxton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 236
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- The harmful weeds on the farm at home are tormental root, nettles, rag weed, kegs, thistles, furze bushes, broom, marsh mallow, garlic and rushes.The Irish name for the rag weed is "An buacallan buide".The furze bushes grow in poor land.The rushes grow in wet and boggy land.Tormental root is a cure for a foal with diarrhoea.Nettles are good for the blood when they are used in early Spring.Garlic is used as a cure for the worm in the tail of cattle.Broom is a cure for worms in horses.The rag weed with other herbs is a cure for a blast on a cow's udder.Marsh-mallow makes a good ointment for sprains.
