School: Lios an Chairn (roll number 10390)
- Location:
- Lissacarn, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Fuaráin
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- (continued from previous page)Horse pipes Grows in dry hedges. Boiled to cure sore.
Drowning leaves. Grows in water. drown people. Cure warts.
Swan weeds. Grows in loughs. No cures in it. Swans eat it.
Buachalon Buidhe. grows in rich soil. It is said fairyes go riding on them.
Thistles. Grows in wet places. harmful. Cures warts.
Alexander. Grows along hedges. Spreads rapidly and makes soil poor.
Cradán wild [?] Grows on hedges
