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School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 6293)

Location:
Tully More, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhrisleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1048, Page 202

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  1. Herbs and Weeds

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    Good. Bad.
    These herbs were told to me by my mother Brigid Dornan, Tullybeg age 42 years.
    Blood weed - is a bad herb. It smothers the crops. There is little red spot in the middle of the leaf. It is said that it was under the cross when Our Lord was crucified and that there fell a drop of blood on it and that this is the cause of the red spot.
    Grouncel - is a bad herb it smothers the crops.
    Thistle - is a weed which grows in good land. It destroys the meadows.
    Farban - also grows in good land. It is good for cows for giving butter but it grows in the potato crops, and smothers the potatoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dorrian
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tully Beg, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Brigid Dorrian
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Tully Beg, Co. Donegal