School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 405
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- Nettles and docks leaves do the most damage to the land.
Praiste dos alot of damage to oats, and another weed common in gardens is chicken weed.
Thorns are hurtful plants that grow on poor land.
Rushes grow on poor land and furze bushes are also plentiful.
Nettles and dandelions are good for the blood.
The flowers of the flaggers and the flowers of the furze bushes were used for colouring cloth in olden times but that way is not used now-a-days because the people buy dye in shops and use it for colouring cloth.
- Collector
- Oliver Bruen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
