School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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There are some herbs that do a great deal of harm on the land.The most harmful are -Thistle ,Dock, Ragweed ,Nettle, Bracken,or Fern,Rushes, Chickweed Coltsfoot.
They use up the plant food ,make the land poor and crowd out the crops and grasses.
Chickweed grows in boggy lands and destroys vegetable crops potatoes etc.
Clover Thistles, Nettles Meadow Fescue ,Cocksfoot, Dock,grow in good land.
Rushes ,heather mosses coltsfoot,ferns grow in bad land.
There are many herbs that are cures for certain diseases .
Garlic,eaten raw or boiled in milk is a cure for chest and lung troubles, coughs ,bronchitis.
The leaf of the dock cures the sting of a nettle.A herb called lion's paw cures warts and corns.Dandelion leaves ,plant and roots are picked ,washed and crushed ,then put to simmer gently in water for a few hours.The water is then drunk and cures chest and lung troubles and bad coughs.
The Male Fern cures kidney troubles.
The Female Fern cures whooping cough .
Both Male and Female fern cures fluke in sheep and cattle(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Naughton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shallee, Co. Clare
