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School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)

Location:
Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 600

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    The herbs that grow in my village are mountain sedge, chickenweed, sorrel, garlic and cluanach dearg.
    Some of them do harm to crops. The cluanach dearg grows up very high and strong and smothers potatoes. If a person rubbed it to his eyes it would blind him. A long time ago a boy named John Loftus rubbed it to his eyes, and it blinded him and was blind for the remainder of his life.
    Mountain sedge is not very plenty. It grows in poor land. It always grows on ditches. People pull it and boil it and drink the juice. It banishes coughs.
    Chickenweed is used for swollen hands or feet. It takes the swelling out of them.
    Sorrel is used with colour or dyes for dying clothes. It grows in any sort of land.
    Garlic is a herb. Many people
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs John O' Hara
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Letterbrick, Co. Mayo