School: Doohamlet

Location:
Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 297

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  1. The rag-weed is a very dangerous weed, because it gives diseases to people and animals. They grow in almost every field and if they are not pulled after they begin to grow it will not be long to the field will be full of them.
    The Chicken-weed
    The chicken-weed grows in turnips the people say that there is a cure in it for a swelling.
    The Dalkon
    The dalkon is a weed with green leaves which grows throughout all sorts of land and is used for to cure the sting of a nettle.
    The dalken seed is a great for the cold, all you have to do
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English