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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 05_003

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  1. Herbs

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    There are many useful and unuseful things of different descriptions in the world.
    Some of these things are herbs which grow wild uncultivated by man such as, thistles nettles, dandelion, grounsel, prashick sharravawn, chicken weed and spunk.
    Prashick weed is the most harmful weed on our farm, because when it blossoms the seeds are scattered around, which spread the weed.
    Spunk and sharravawn give a bad description of land.
    Ivy leaves are used
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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
    Brigid Ní Longáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Long
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny