School: Johnstown (B.) (roll number 2918)
- Location:
- Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 037
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- There are many harmful weeds growing in my garden at home. Swich-grass, spunk, crow-foot, chicken weed, and the red nettle. The swich-grass is the most harmful weed of these. Swich-grass spreds very rapidly, sprouting several fibres from one root.
In olden times the red-nettle was used for curing rheumatism by the doctors. The plant was boiled and then chopped very fine. Then there were salts and holy-water put on the nettles. It was then bottled and buried for months. It was dug up then and sold at a very dear rate. It was called nettle-cure.
Hemlock is a very poisonous plant. It grows in raths or in any waste place. It is a tall green plant with a white flower.
- Collector
- Patrick O' Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
