School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 362
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- (continued from previous page)Self-Heal is a common plant in poor or rough pasture. it is used in medicine by Doctors.
Yellow-Rattle grows on poor soil and is very harmful as it attaches itself by suckers to the roots of the grass and makes it still poorer.
Foxglove is a herb which grows on light soil. It has many popular names on which means "little Folks" glove or fairies glove. There is a powerful drug especially in its leaves, knows as digitalian used by Doctors in treating serious disease of the heart.
The Carline Thistle is a plentiful herb in dry ground. It is said that this herb is connected with Charlemange who lost a great number of his men to pestilence until an angel pointed out this herb as a cure for the disease.
Buck-bean is a common herb in bogs. It is much used(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Cárthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Dennis Mac Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
