School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)son to reign in his stead. The king was coming from Connacht were he was poisoned. He fell dead on the top of the mountain and was buried there.
- Some weeds growing in out place are gaosadán, yellow weed, dog leaves, scutch-grass, dandelion and praiseach-weed. The ones that grow in poor land, are gaosadán, dog-leaves, scutch-grass and praiseach-weed. The rest grow on rich land. The gaosadán is a big brown weed that grows with gray grain on the top of it. It has not a cure for anything. The dog-leaf has a big red root and green leaves growing from it. The yellow weed is a weed that grows in rich land. It is a small weed and has a class of milk inside in it. That weed is a cure for warts. The scutch-grass is grass with a lot of roots and a few stems of grass growing out of it. The dandelion grows with a very thick root and the weed that grows from it is given to birds. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coonagh East, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Labourer
