School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)useful herbs to be got. The most harmful weed is the Buaculán which is found on bad land The rush is also a very destructive weed because it spreeds rapidly through the land.
The thistle is very often found in good land and very seldom it grows in poor soil. Swich grass is also a very harmful weed. It is very strong sharp grass and it spreads rapidly and distroyes the land.
Nettles are a very good cure for the measels. But they have to be boiled first. They are also given to young turkeys to make them strong.
The Garlic is a very useful herb. It is broken up in small pieces and given(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
