School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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- They herbs that do most damage to land are Dock-leaf, blackhead, thistle, samsog, chickweed, crowsfoot, coltsfoot, spearmint, wild carrot and parsnip, glarawn, slachtown, St Patrick cabbage, horehound, awna, mousearor, blisgawn, diarean, buachalawn or keeldock, dodder, poison ivy, peas or vetches and brawsga.
The first 12 grow in poor land and the remainder in rich land. The herbs that have cures are:-
Dock-leaf: for a sore throat or cracked lips and burns.
Samsag - for asthma.
Spearmint: for applying to cuts.
A weed called "barnwort" has a cure for swine fever.
Another weed called "buachaill a'tige" has a cure for boils and ringworms. This weed grows on the walls of houses Tehre is a weed growing in sandy places, the juice of which, if applied to cuts, soon heals them.
- Collector
- John Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
