1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Coill an Gharráin

School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 368

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 368

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Coill an Gharráin
  2. XML Page 368
  3. XML “Weeds”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Weeds

    Share Share Post
    The most harmful Weeds growing on our farm are Copogs, Thistles chicken-weed, Clunachdearg, nettles, Shamsogs, Crádáns, ceannabháns, The copogs are harmful because they spread rapidly. The thistles are harmful because they make the soil poor. The chicken-weed is harmful because it grows rapidly. The Cluanach dearg is harmful because it makes the land poor and will not let potatoes grow. Nettles are harmful because they spread rapidly The shamsog is harmful because it makes the land poor, it only grows in dry hard land. Crádáns are not much harm, they mostly grow along ditches. The nettles and oatmeal are
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Teresa Padden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srahyconigaun, Co. Mayo