School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 325
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- The most harmful herbs growing in our land are thistles, redshank, gillgowan, switch grass and chicken-weed.
The thistle, redshank and gillgowan take the strength out of the soil and the thistle destroys the crop because you cannot handle it. The switch grass injures the crop and chicken weed is harmful because it spreads.
The medicinal properties are found in dandelion and nettles rue and garlic. The dandelion roots are used as a cure for rheumatism and rue is used as a cure for a swelling in horses legs. Garlic is good for the cold. The herbs were used in former times.
- Collector
- Sydney Hill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Creaghanroe, Co. Monaghan
