School: An Chill, Dúngarbhán (roll number 630 or 16748)
- Location:
- Kill, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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- There are some harmful weeds such as the thistle and the dock-leaf. They make the land poorer. They spread very quickly if they are not eliminated when young.
Some weeds grow on good land and some on poor. Here are some of the weeds and herbs that grow on good land: St. John's wort, shamrock, clover, bluebell, colt's foot, cowslip, dog-rose, violets, sun spurge, vetch and dock-leaf.
Some of those which grow on poor soil or wet ground are sweet potato, sambo (sorrel), yarrow, yellow iris, bogbean, foxglove, eyebright, arrowhead, bog iris, Our Lady's smock or milkmaid and many others.
There is a juice in the stem and leaves of the bluebell which was used as glue. St. John's wort was supposed to be a guard against witches and enchantments especially if gathered on St. John's Eve. The leaves of the colt's foot were used for a cold on the chest. Wine was made from cowslips. Its flowers were also good for the complexion. The root of the dog-rose was a cure for a bite of a mad dog. From the flower of the eyebright a liquid was made by the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máiréad Tóirpí
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Cummins
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Kill, Co. Waterford
