1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Carn an Ríogh

School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)

Location:
Carrownree, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Énrí
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0682

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0682

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Carn an Ríogh
  2. XML Page 0682
  3. XML “Herbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Herbs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    only on rich land.
    There were also certain kinds of herbs for animals.
    Thistles were given to donkeys.
    Dandelions were given to young turkeys.
    People boiled and ate nettals as they were good for the blood.
    They were boiled in the same way as cabbage. Some people still use nettals as a vegetable.
    Dandelions leaves are used for a salad like lettuce.
    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
    Éilis Nic Siacus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownree, Co. Sligo