School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)good land. The juice of the parchwort must be taken out because it is a poison. That plant is the most harmful. There is another plant called mind-your-won-business. It doesn't grow in anything but a pot. It will not grow if it gets no light. It is good for a sore throat.
- There is another plant called witchwort. It grows on rocky land, where the land is poor. It is good for the mumps. Nobody used it now. The plant must be boiled and the juice taken out of it. The juice must be drunk.
- Informant
- James Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Corleck, Co. Monaghan
