School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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“There is another weed called The preasac buidhe and it harms crops.”
(continued from previous page)of a thatched house and it is great for curing warts. If you got a sting of a nettle a dock-leaf is supposed to cure it. There is another weed called Cumfory and it is good for a pain in the back.- Breslán is another bad weed that grows on poor light sandy land. Nettles and Briars and doc leafs are other weeds that grows also. Glórán is another weed that spreads over the land and leaves it no good. People chop it up and mix it with the meal and give it to the pigs. The yarrow is an herb that grows on good land. Healing leaf is an other herb. It is good for burns and it grows on poor light sandy lands. Chicken weed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Killilea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tynagh, Co. Galway