School: Cnocán Mhichil Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: an tSiúr Síle
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- (continued from previous page)fúaráns are given to pigs. Boiled nettles are given to turkeys. People also eat them; they are said to be good for the blood.
The heather is used for dyeing [?] clothes. It gives them a brown shade. People that used to give cures were called "quacks" - There is a cure for sore throats and it is made from herbs. Nettles, dock-leaves, dandelions and other herbs are boiled in water and they form a thick black liquid. A hal(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan Armstrong
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Garryduff Middle, Co. Mayo