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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

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Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 123

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    and stops the growth of the crops. it grows in poor land mostly.
    The chicken-weed is a thick, green, plant, which grows in potatoes. It grows mostly in a wet year.
    When the famine was in Ireland long ago the people plucked the "Bliosgán," boiled it, and eat it. The people made ink from alder - berries, by squeezing the juice out of it and mixing it with water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    J. Glynn
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilshanvy, Co. Galway