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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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Fahan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 326

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    Watercress or Billar can be eaten. May is the proper month to eat it in. It is green and when it flowers there are little white flowers on it. It grows along rivers. Gilgowans only grows in corn and turnips. Prashagh grow in corn. It has a yellow flowers. When it is ripe it is full of black seeds.
    Convolvulus is a weed it grows on banks, it has a big white flower.
    Segans grow on marshy ground. They have yellow flowers and some of them are purple. Mouse peas grow in hedges.
    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
    Betty Walker
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glebe Large, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Alex Platt
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Gardener
    Address
    Glebe Large, Co. Donegal