School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 07_061
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- (continued from previous page)Brigid’s, as it is called after Saint Brigid.
- Sometimes herbs are very harmful, and on other occasions very useful. Some herbs are able to cure different diseases.
The weeds that are most harmful to the land are thistles and chicken weed.
They are harm-ful because they make the soil(continues on next page) - Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Other names
- Máire de Paor
- Mary Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
