School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- Any place you see thistles growing, it is a sign of good land.
If you see Bóláns it is a sign of bad land.
Docks, nettles and kegs are a sign of bad land.
Any place there are buttercups, it is remarked that if you turn out your cows on the field, the cows will give twice as much milk.
Garlic is used to banish a worm in a cow's tail, which is a common complaint with cattle.
- Collector
- Thomas Lambert
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolamaddra, Co. Wicklow
