School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Eugene Conway
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The most harmful weeds growing in my garden are: Robin run the hedge, Sowthistle, Dandelion, Dockens, Nettles, Groundsel, Skutchgrass, Thistles, bumprey, Pigmeat. Some of them are harmful in the soil because they kill all crops. The Blessed Thistle grows on good land and is used for many cures. The Nettle is used for purifying the Blood; the Dandlion Dandelion is also used for purifying the blood. The Marsh Mallow is used as a cure for a sprain. The Nettle is boiled and the water of the Nettle is used. The Dandelion is washed and is eaten raw. The March Mallow is boiled and the water is used to bathe the sprain. It reduces the swelling almost immediately. It is a very rare plant and very few people know know the value of the plant. The Orange Blossom is used as a cure for the Yellow jaundice the value of the juice cannot be disclosed by the person who knows the cure.Written by: Gerard Sheehan.
BallymahonTold by: Edward Taylor, 49 years
Ballymahon
- Collector
- Gerard Sheehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Edward Taylor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
