School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 298
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- Thistle & Couch-grass (Scutch-grass). The latter destroys some crops on farmers
The hound's tongue, if heated & put to a burn, heals it.
St Paltt's Leaf (See J. Forde).
- Garlic gives a taste to milk, & spocads very rapidly.
Fate weed is bad if anything eats it, but it grows in wet parts of the land only. - The Dock is always found on rich land. Its root is made into a great animal medicine for the blood.
The nettle is very often used as food for human beings & is considered a very healthy food when plucked in a young stage. - Fairy flack & Black-buttons grow on rich land.
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