School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma
- Location:
- Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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- About a mile from this school (Bishopswood) in the townland of Demone there is a holy well.
The water cannot be boiled. It is said that people who attempted boiling it always met with some mishap.
Rounds used be made here some years ago. In evidence of this old Rosaries & Ribbons are still to be seen on the bush beside the wall. - Herbs
Harmful Weeds: -
Chicken Weed:- Grows in tilled land, spreads very rapidly + is very harmful as it chokes any other growth.
Poor Man's Cabbage:- A plant with large green leaves
Bouchalan: Flat with yellow blossom
Thialbs:- Grow in good land and very hard to kill(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Dhuibhir
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary