School: Clochar na Trócaire, Buirgheas Uí Luighdheach (roll number 3486)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 147
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- Got from Mr. Kennedy.
Clonismullen, Drom.
Age. 49 years.
The garlic grows like a flower It has a white flower, to cut it up and boil it is a cure for a sore throat.
The chicken-weed grows in the gardens. It is the most common weed of all the weeds. The colour is green and the leaf is like a daisy. It is a cure for a pain in the palm of your hand. The chicken-weed is harmful. It destroys turnips and mangolds.
The crowfoot is like a little tree with roots running out of it. It is found mostly in gardens and sometimes found in poor lands.
Spunk has a very big leaf. It is a great cure for a boil. It is steeped for eight days, it is then applied to the sore. It is very harmful It destroys crops when they come up.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Clonismullen, Co. Tipperary
