School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)
- Location:
- Loughshinny, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: James Monks
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- Informant
- Mrs Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curkeen Hill, Co. Dublin
- There are different kinds of weed on the farm which do very much harm to the crops. Here are some, the yellow weed which grows in wheat. It spreads all over the ground when the wind comes. The dandelion which grows in cabbage or turnips and sucks all the food out of the ground; it is very good for warts. The sorrel which grow on grass fields is very good for boils when copped up. In former times people used to go around gathering horse radish(continues on next page)