School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)
- Location:
- Slane, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Josephine Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 302
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- (continued from previous page)which are used as ointments and other cures.
The nettle is the most harmful weed because it spreads rapidly towards others. The nettle makes a nice botanic beer. It cures the nettle rash and is a blood purifier and a tonic.
There are two kinds of nettles those with a prickly leaf which gives a very bitter sting and caused white blisters to rise on the flesh. The other nettle is known as the blind nettle because it has no sting and it is not put to any use.
The plantain leaf is a flat dark green leaf rough at the back and smooth in the front. Its fresh leaves relieves insect stings and is used internally for piles and blood medicines.
The Dandelion is another weed which grows around in every field and garden. It has a very nice yellow flower and when it is about to wither it changes to a white fleecy head. It is a laxative and a tonic useful in correcting kidney and liver disorders.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Coyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hill of Slane, Co. Meath
