School: Kill
- Location:
- Kill, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Timlin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 120
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- There are several harmful weeds which grow on our land.
They are thistles, scutch grass, ragweed, crow-foot, chicken weed, nettles, cold feet and rushes.
Ragweeds, crow foot, cold foot, and chicken weed grow in good land. Nettles, scutch grass, and rushes grow in bad land, and thistles in laboured land. Nettle broth is given to persons with the measles, and nettles are given to turkeys and young ducks. Dandelion is used for stomach complaints and to cure warts. Cuckoo sorrel cures sore throats. When the bluebell is boiled it is used as a dye.
- Collector
- Kathleen Smith
- Gender
- Female
