School: Cnoc Breac

Location:
New Inn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Maoldúin
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  1. Herbs
    There are several kind of herbs but the most harmful is the chicken-weed and the dock-leaf. They are harmful because they spread rapidly on the land. The dockleaf is found almost in every land but especially in poor land. If you get a burn of a nettle the dock leaf would would cure it. To cure the burn I would get a piece of soap and rub it to the dock-leaf and then leave it on the burn.
    Nettles are given to turkeys and ducks. There is a weed called the "gloran" but it is not as harmful as the nettle or the chicken-week and it does not spread as much as
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    New Inn, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway