School: Cnoc Breac

Location:
New Inn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Maoldúin
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    them. There is another weed called the dandeline and it has a yellow flower.
    There is an ivy-leaf and it is used for taking out stains. There is a weed growing in the mangolds called tparaiste and it is good for curing warts. There is juice in it like milk and if you (pour) poured it down on the wart it would cure it.
    There is another weed growing in the potatoes and it is called scutch-weed and it is great harm to them. The thistles are another harmful weeds which grow on good land.
    On olden times people used to get a bag
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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