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School: Ridge, Leighlin

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Ridge, Co. Carlow
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Bean Uí Airtnéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 208

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    and cover all the land other impoverish the land by removing the valuable nitrates and leaving it useless for crops.
    The weeds which are most familiar to me are thistles, docks, dead nettles, speedwells, chick weeds and yellow and black buttons. Some of these are a sign of good rich soil, others betoken poverty. Thistles are seldom seen on wet land. Yellow buttons and black buttons grow on poor soil. Some weeds have a thread like root such as nettles, and can spread very rapidly. Others have roots similar to carrots and grow down far in the ground.
    The principal herbs that I know of are briar leaves
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Comerford
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Comerford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Seskinrea, Co. Carlow