School: Loughill, Longford
- Location:
- Laughil, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 439
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- The most harmful weed in the farm is scutch-grass. The names of the weeds in the farm are Docken, thistle, clover Slánlus and crowfoot. They are harmful because they spread in the winter months and they take the good out of the ground.
There is a cure in burdock roots for ringworm. You boil the roots and the sap of woodbine together and drain the water off and drink it. When there is no cabbiage people eat water cress and the pigs eat dockens. Nittles are good feeding for turkeys when they are young. There is a root in the butt of a ditch. It has a stem about six inches long and it is covered with red berries. They are deadly poison.
- Collector
- William Halligan
- Gender
- Male
