School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 334
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- The people used to make tea long ago with a weed called the heartsease. They used to dry it in the sun. When they used to have it dry, they used to hang it on a line on the loft of the house. They used to boil it according as they used it. The weed grows in the harvest and in the Summer. A lot of it grows in the meadows where the land is rich. It is of a blue brown colour. A little blue flower grows on it. It is a small plant about five inches in height.
- Collector
- Ena Ní Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowcally, Co. Mayo
- Oaten Meal cakes used to be made thirty years ago. Oaten Meal cakes are made from Oaten Meal, a little salt, and hot water. It was the custom in later times to add a pinch of flour. It was kneaded well, rolled out thin,(continues on next page)
