School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 484
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- (continued from previous page)Running-ivy is found mostly in gardens. It grows to eighteen inches high. It has very wide green leaves . It is a very harmful weed especially to young plants, as the wide green leaves prevent the sun from getting near the plants and then they die.
Ragweed is used as a healing plant for sore throat. It is a very common plant in this district.
Some people say that Bloodweed is a plant which grew at the foot of the Cross. It is supposed that the dark red spot on the leaf was the mark left by a drop of Our Lord's Blood which fell on it.
Bog Ashpoddel grows in bogs in this district. It is a plant with yellow leaves. Some people boil it and use it as a kind of goose-grease for pains. If sheep eat it it gives them a stiffness in their bones.
- Collector
- Annie Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 17
- Address
- Ballynacoska, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr James Rabbitt
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Tailor
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
