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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cathair na Mart (roll number 12255)

Location:
Westport, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. Bonaventure
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137, Page 236

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    Among the many weeds growing round this district the chicken-weed and the […] are the most harmful because they produce a lot of seeds each year and when those grow up they choke the other plants.
    The “corn-marigold” is another very troublesome weed. It usually grows in the corn-field and its seeds […] hidden for years until they are turned up by the plough.
    Among the other trouble-some weeds are the nettle, the colt’s foot and the yarrow. The nettle although troublesome was once used for a cure for coughs and the colts [sic] foot was used for a cure for chest complaints.
    The juice of the yarrow were formerly thought to cure tooth-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Derrig
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Westport Quay, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Derrig
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Westport Quay, Co. Mayo