School: Cluain Mhurchais (Hollyford) (roll number 13847)
- Location:
- Hollyford, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Donnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)grass which is very harmful because it spreads so rapidly.
I got this information from:- James Stapleton, Piperhill, Hollyford, Co. Tipperary.
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“Thistles nettles, dock-leaves, and Meadow Foxtail grow on good land.”
Thistles nettles, dock-leaves, and Meadow Foxtail grow on good land. The old people say that these weeds grow on good land.
Moss bent-grass, and Foirin grow on bad land.
Dock-leaves are used as cures for stings of nettles.
Dandelions grow on bad land and they are also used for a cure for a pain in the stomach.
If there are stains on clothes some people get ivy, and steep it in water for a night, and boil it, and then rub it on to the clothes with a rag.
The water cress grows nears streams and is a cure for warts.
I got this information from :- Timothy Ryan, Foilaclug, Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary. - Collector
- Máire Threasa Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Foilaclug, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Timothy Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Foilaclug, Co. Tipperary
