School: Baile na Martra (C.) (roll number 13651)
- Location:
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mary J. Fitzsimmons
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- (continued from previous page)people were very glad to have it. It was used as a table vegetable.
The thistle is a harmful weed because on a wild day its seeds fly and destroy all land.
The dockleaf is a harmful because its root is so long it is very hard to get rid of it. It must be taken out of corn fields, because it destroys the corn when its being threshed.
Dandelion is used by consumptive people as a blood purifier.
The leaves of the slánloch are broken up and given to children as a remedy for worms.
The nettle is very useful weed because it is said if you eat three meals of them during the month of May you will not get any sickness during the year.
Water cress is also used as a table vegetable. It is mostly found on river banks or marshy places.
- Collector
- Bessie Dunlea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mogeely, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Dunlea
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mogeely, Co. Cork
