School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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- Herbs
There are several kind of herbs but the most harmful is the chicken-weed and the dock-leaf. They are harmful because they spread rapidly on the land. The dockleaf is found almost in every land but especially in poor land. If you get a burn of a nettle the dock leaf would would cure it. To cure the burn I would get a piece of soap and rub it to the dock-leaf and then leave it on the burn.
Nettles are given to turkeys and ducks. There is a weed called the "gloran" but it is not as harmful as the nettle or the chicken-week and it does not spread as much as(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Corrabaun, Co. Galway