School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 564
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- (continued from previous page)6. The "Thistle" grows in a field or meadow. There are thorns on it and they would prod you if you put your hand on it.
7. "Cold Foot" has a very big leaf like a rhubarb leaf. It spreads very much.
By, Monica Doran,
Cloncat,
Kells, Co Meath
- 8. There is a weed called "Bishop Weed" it is very harmful. It spreads very much and destroys flowers and vegetables.
9. The dandelion grows in fields and on the sides of the road. There is a cure in it. When people have yellow jaundice they boil it and drink the juice of it.
10. "Chick Weed" grows on root crops the birds feed on this weed. - Collector
- Lizzie Gaynor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncat, Co. Meath
