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School: Lisaniska

Location:
Lissaniska East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Patrick Kilduff
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 218

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  1. Weeds Found Growing in the Land of this District

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    The weeds that are peculiar to the land of this district are the following:-
    Scutch grass
    Bóthalán
    Dock leaf
    Thistle
    Fuarán, and
    Chicken weed.
    Scutch grass and chicken weed is found growing in potatoes. The dock-leaf and the thistle are found in the oats and the bóthalán and fuarán grow in meadow-lands. Chicken weed also grows in mangles and turnips. Bráiste is also another weed that grows in oats.
    Clúghan and firbán grow in potatoes.
    Robin-run-the-hedge is another weed that grows along the hedge and it is a cure for sore eyes.
    Chicken weed is a cure for sore eyes.
    Fuarán is a cure for cow-pocks if it is boiled and the juice applied to the cow-pocks.

    Annie Kilduff
    Carramore
    Cloghans
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kilduff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo