School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- The most harmful weeds growing on the land are the Bishop weed, colts foot, scutch grass and the sow thistle.
The weed that makes the land poor is the colts foot. Where the thistle grows the land is very good and where the scutch grass grows the land is bad. The bishop weed is harmful because it spreads very quickly and it prevents the seeds from coming up.
If you boil the root of the dandelion and drink the water the root was boiled in it would give you a good appetite.
If you would boil laurel leaves in water and give the water to dogs that have fits it would cure them.
The colt's foot is a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Hanratty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
