School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)
- Location:
- Monksland, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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- There are many different kinds of herbs.
The Marchmallow, This herb is good for spains and swellings It has a pink blossom, the shape of a thimble.
Yarrow This grows in the field on the it has a small green leaf with a white and brown blossom on it.
The nettle is a very harmful herb. If you get a sting from a nettle There is a weed called a doken that would cure it. There is another kind of herb called the seven-sisters.
It is supposed to cure warts It contains a white liquid and there is a little green leaf on it.
There is another kind of herb called a dandelion which is supposed to cure warts(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Barry
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Monksland, Co. Louth
