School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)
- Location:
- Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
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- There are a lot of weeds and herbs growing in this district.
They are called Thistles, nettles, Braíste, chicken - weed, and scutch. There is also another one called "Bliosgán."
The scutch is supposed to be the worst of all the weeds. It is very hard to banish it from (if ) a field if it was growing in it. The thistle is bad for the land.
The nettle is used for turkeys. It has to be boiled and mixed with Indian - meal - oat-meal, and bread - crumbs. Long ago they were used for vegetables.
The bráiste is a big, yellow - weed. It grows in potatoes, oats, and wheat. It destroys the land,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- J. Glynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway