School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- Collector
- Seán P. Mac Gabhann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cavan, Co. Cavan
- The most harmful weeds growing in our garden are chicken weed, docken leaves, nettles, crowfeet, and thistles. They are harmful because they spread rapidly.
Chicken weed, docken leaves, and crows feet grow in good land. Crowfeet weeds grow between cabbage, and between lettuce.
Nettles and thistles are found in poor soil.
Slanús was used for curing sores long ago. The old people had great belief(continues on next page)