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School: Naomh Aicnidh (roll number 1573)

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
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Ristéard Ó hAoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 098

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    The names of herbs are docken, cow-searavan, cold foot, thistles, yarr, surrogs, nettles, pirl, chicken weed, bog bine, brackins, cran cumer, been weeds, rushes, gill gowns,
    Dockens is a very bad weed, Any place they get rooted in it is very hard to get them out of it, They grow on every kind of land. They are very bad for the land for they make it poor.
    Cow-searavan. They grow a long ditches. It used to be given to cows for it is good for making cows milk.
    Cold foot. Cold foot usually grown on bad land. It destroys crops.
    Thistles. They on every kind of land. They grow amongst corn. yarr. It is a very bad weed. Any place they grow they chock the crop
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rose Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Donegal