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   They grow more numerous on good land. Sheep are the only animals that eat them. If the sheep are left grazing on the lands in early spring they will eat the young sprouts, which won't grow anymore that season.

   

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   “The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are the thistle, buchalon, and whin.”

   

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   The most harmful weeds growing in our farm are the 'thistle', 'buchalan', and 'whin'. The 'thistle' spreads and destroys crops. The 'buchalan', spreads through grass and hay and leaves it hard to cut. The 'whin' spreads very quickly and ruins fields for ever, unless cut when it is young. Certain herbs are used as cures, in the following ways- 'Slanlus' is used to cure a cut by chewing it and putting it on the cut. 'Plantation leaves' are used for boils, by roasting the leaf on a coal, and

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Owen Smith

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Philip Smith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drummanbane, Co. Cavan