School: Carrowcrin (roll number 16088)
- Location:
- Carrowcrin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 359
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- (continued from previous page)stomach. The leaves are ground and are used for giving flavour to dishes.
Comfrey is another common plant which grows in our ditches. It grows one and a half feet high. The leaves are long and not very broad and rough to the touch and of a disagreeable green.
The stalk is pale green, angular and upright. Flowers grow on the tops if the stalks and are white and sometimes reddish in colour. The root is black and when broken is full of a slimy juice.
When the root is boiled it is used to cure internal bruises or spitting up of blood.
Another shrub which grows in our gardens is the box tree. It does not grow wild. It is sown for bordering other flowers. It does not grow very high. The bark is whitish and the wood is brown. The leaves are dark green, round, small and smooth. The flowers that grow on the box-tree are yellowish.
The root is the part used as medicine. It is boiled and is used for impure blood. There is oil made from(continues on next page)
