School: Kilcalf, Tulach an Iarainn
- Location:
- Kilcalf Mountain, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Cáit Breannóc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)make the soil very poor.
Gearlaigh is a weed for curing the pip.Milk-weed was used for curing warts in olden times.
Ferns are weeds which grow on bad land and are very seldom seen in good land. Thistles are generally seen in good land.
People used nettle-water, grass and corn-kale as a vegetable. Caistreabhán is given to pigs.
- There is only one holy well in our parish. It is situated in the mouth of a bog known as The Holy Well Bog in the townland of Glenaglough.
People used visit it in olden times for cures for sickness but this rule is no longer carried out. Visits were usually carried out before sunrise. Several people were cured of weak eyesight.
The story is told that when my grandfather was thirty three years of age he tried to drain the bog and change the course of the water. After the first day working in the bog he(continues on next page) - Informant
- Patrick Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Glennaglogh, Co. Waterford
