School: Virginia (B)

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Raghallaigh
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  1. The most harmful weed in our garden is the "morning glory". It grows mostly in the potato and turnip ground. It is very small. It never blossoms. If it is not checked at once, it would kill the plant. It twists round the bottom of the plant and kills it. It spreads very rapidly. Another weed which grows only on good land is the thistle. This weed spreads very rapidly also. Some cattle eat thistles. The way to kill it is to dig the roots with a spade.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheal O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr H.B. O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
  2. The Docking is another plentiful weed. It grows in every garden. It is a very troublesome weed. This weed will cure a sting from a nettle. When you rub the docking to the place where you were stung and say- Docking docking in and out take the sting of a nettle out. After that you are instantly cured. All the Sting is cured.
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