School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- 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