School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 285
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- (continued from previous page)meadow, is made into a substance of tea, called "dandelion tea." This is supposed to cure sore throats.
Camomile and the blind nettle are a cure for heartburn and a sore throat and grow on good land.
Hemlock is a poisonous plant but a goat will eat it, and it usually grows in rich pasture.
Chicken-weed is a herb that grows on bad land, and the mountain flax also grows on bad land.
Boiled nettles(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murray
- Gender
- Female
