School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)
- Location:
- Curragh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 306
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- (continued from previous page)grow on good land are the clover and trefoil. Another herb is called "Buachaill an Tighe". The herb grows in the corners of thatched houses. It is supposed that the leaf of it which is soft and oily can cure corns. It is supposed to prevent the house from going on fire. There is also a herb called the "water cress" it is supposed to be very good for the blood. People use it raw. There is also another leaf called "St. Patrick's leaf" This leaf is good to put on a cut. It draws all the poison. Dock leaves are given to pigs. They grow only on rich land. The oil of the dock leaf cures the burn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Finneran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cuilsallagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuilsallagh, Co. Galway
