School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 251

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  1. Houses
    When there were no glass windows they used to make a certain thing out of wire with holes in it and if it was raining they would put a board across to keep out the rain.
    Maggie Ward Allenwood North,
    Robertstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.
    Herbs
    Some of the weeds I know are preasac, buaclans, chicken - weeds, grouncel, nettles and fox-tail, yarrow, bog, asphodel and sorrel, flagger, water crests, thistle, lambs-quarter, rambling
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
  2. Herbs.
    Some of the weeds I know are préasac, buacaláns, chicken-weeds, grouncel, nettles, and fox-tail, yarrow, bog ashphodel, and sorrel, flagger, water crest, thistle, lambs-quarter, rambling
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