1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

Location:
Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0340

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0340

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
  2. XML Page 0340
  3. XML “Herbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Herbs

    Share Share Post
    Herbs
    1. There are many different herbs growing around this locality. There is a harmful called the dog leaf. It has a cure for a sting of a nettle.
    2. Praisheac weed, thistles, dandlion, chicken weed, white peaks, Vetches generally grow in wheat and they spoile the wheat and make it very dirty. Praisheac weed grow in wheat or oats or barley. It spreads very rapidly.
    3. Chicken weed grows in a potatoe crop. It also spreads rapidly. White peaks grow in strong up land soil and generally in wheat.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway