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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

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Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 319

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    Nettles are boiled for young ducks and turkeys. Bhricken weed is good for a sick cow. The wild fire is poison. Dockem leaf makes the land poor and it also smothers the crops.
    People eat cuckoo saddle and watercress. They also eat dandelions for a weak heart. People get moss on socks in very wet places and they dye flannel and stockings with it. The people also use the roots of the docket leaf to dye. It dyes the clothes yellow, and also the ivy leaf and it dyes green.
    Biddy Callaghan
    Ougterard
    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
    Biddy Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway