School: Coill na Leac
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac Geibheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)it is taken off and put on the cut and a bandage tied on it.
- It is a wild herb which grows in old bogs, or swampy land. The older generation used it for colds, it is a plant with a long stem, much like the common docking. It is boiled in a pot for some time. When strained it is put into bottles. It is given in small quantities to the person who is suffering from the cold.
- Collector
- Annie O Hare
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumcalpin, Co. Cavan
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“The herbs that grow on our farm are...”
The herbs that grow on our farm are.
Switch-grass, Deaf-nettle, Chicken-weed, Crow-foot, Hemlock and Dockens. The worst of these weeds is Switch-grass for when the potatoes are set the Switch-grass grows around the potatoes, and they never be much good. It is very hard to get rid off the Switch-grass.