School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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- Dock-roots, thistles, chicken-weeds, pimper-nells, daisies, dandelions, crowfoot, spunk, praseach, robin-run-the-hedge, butter-cups, nettles and penny-leaves, harm the soil.
Shamrock and traefoil or cow-clover, daisies, pimper-nells, and butter-cups only grow in good ground. Water-cresses, nettles, spunk, and dock-roots grow in wet, swampy ground.
Blood-weed:- The Blessed Virgin, when she cut her finger, is supposed to have rolled a leaf of this weed, around it. Rabbits-milk is said to be a good cure for warts. Night-shade is supposed to be deadly poison. Pennyleaves are used to cure corns. Ragweed is good for stopping blood. Wild violets and new milk boiled, is good for sores. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Patrick Galavan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilconnelly, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Galavan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 28
- Address
- Kilconnelly, Co. Kilkenny