School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 273

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  2. The herbs that do most harm to the land are nettles, dog leaves, rushes, thistles, fearaban and burians. All these weeds smother the crops.
    Nettles and rushes grow in very bad land. The herbs used to cure diseases are nettles to cure a sore throat. The old people used always keep a bottle of nettle juice in the house for sore throats. A weed called "caisléain" cures heart trouble.
    Children eat cuckoo saddle and watercress. Wild ferns are good
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