School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 045
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- Dock-roots, thistles, chicken-weeds, pimper-nells, daisies, dandelions, crowfoot, spunk, praseach, robin-run-the-hedge, butter-cups, nettles and penny-leaves, harm the soil.
Shamrock and traefoil or cow-clover, daisies, pimper-nells, and butter-cups only grow in good ground. Water-cresses, nettles, spunk, and dock-roots grow in wet, swampy ground.
Blood-weed:- The Blessed Virgin, when she cut her finger, is supposed to have rolled a leaf of this weed, around it. Rabbits-milk is said to be a good cure for warts. Night-shade is supposed to be deadly poison. Pennyleaves are used to cure corns. Ragweed is good for stopping blood. Wild violets and new milk boiled, is good for sores.
- Collector
- Thomas Lyng
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs J. Lyng
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Carranroe Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Some herbs are very harmful to the land. The preasach, and the thistle are most harmful. The chicken-leaf is often used for medicine, and the dog-leaf is used to cure a sting of a nettle. Nettles are used raw for young turkeys to keep them strong. The penny-leaf was used for dyeing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Galavan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilconnelly, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Galavan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 28
- Address
- Kilconnelly, Co. Kilkenny
