School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma

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1. Holy Wells

   

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   About a mile from this school (Bishopswood) in the townland of Demone there is a holy well. The water cannot be boiled. It is said that people who attempted boiling it always met with some mishap. Rounds used be made here some years ago. In evidence of this old Rosaries & Ribbons are still to be seen on the bush beside the wall.

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         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
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   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Informant

   Mary O Dwyer

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Simeón Mac Concradha

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Siobhán Ni Chearbhaill

   Gender

   Female

2. Herbs

   

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   Herbs
   Harmful Weeds: -
   Chicken Weed:- Grows in tilled land, spreads very rapidly + is very harmful as it chokes any other growth.
   Poor Man's Cabbage:- A plant with large green leaves
   Bouchalan: Flat with yellow blossom
   Thialbs:- Grow in good land and very hard to kill

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