School: Kildraught (2)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: E. Ní Armhultaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 125
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- 1. Butter cups are only found on good land and are good on dairy land (Mrs Hill. Celbridge heard in Co. Cork
- 2. Thistles are found on good ground( Mr Anderson)
3. Rag weed are found on good land (ditto)
4. Scotch grass is found on good land (ditto)
5. Dock weed found on both good & poor land (ditto) - 6. Nettles found only on good ground. (Mr Finlay Celbridge heard in Co. Wicklow)
- 7. Daisies grown on poor land and on good land. (Mrs T Doyle, Celbridge)
8. Spunk is found on good land (ditto) - 9. Blackheads found on good land ( Mr Hollingsworth Cebridge)
- Informant
- Mr Hollingsworth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- 10. Bucklawns found in good land.
11. Buttercups found on good land.
12. Cowslips found on good land.
13. Primroses found on good land also daisies (Mr Murphy, Celbridge) - Dandelion + scutch grass are used in different medicines
- Garlic, ragwort, rib-grass, dandelion can cure sickness
- Mullion plant cures consumption, boil it and(continues on next page)
