School: Fieldstown, Drogheda (roll number 14462)
- Location:
- Fieldstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
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- Weeds and herbs on the Farm 5.5.'38Cows will not eat buttercups because they are sour. Hacus is another weed grown on our farm. It cures pains. There is a blessed thistle in our garden. It is used for curing the whooping cough when it is boiled in milk. Chalice is an herb which grows in moss and on trees and when boiled in milk is a cure for whooping cough. St Patrick leaf cures cuts. Nettles and dock leaves destroy land. Capog leaf is another herb which destroys land. Feanenn is a coarse white grass used for making grass ropes.Ann J Winters 12 years.
Brownstown
Parish of Monasterboice
Co. Louth.- Collector
- Ann J. Winters
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Brownstown, Co. Louth