School: An t-Iubhar (Ture)

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   Ribbon grass is found growing along ditches. It has a strong stem about a foot long with a black head on the top. It leaves are long and narrow with faint lines down them.

   Fairy thimbles brighten along ditches. On their long stem hangs pink or purple thimbles one below another. They are poisonous. Often you can see the bees in the thimble getting honey.

   Along ditches ferns are very common in this district. They are a large oval shaped leaf some darker than others. They are not a harmful plant and some birds like them to hide their nest and keep them warm.

   Dockens are very bad for land. A coarce strong stem often grows up among the corn with a lot of seed on the top of it. When the seed ripens it falls off, and in this way the bad weed spreads. The leaves of the docken are soft and when the young leaf is comming out you can get sap which is good for the sting of a nettle.

   Nettles mostly grow among hedges and round ditches. If you touch them softly they will sting you but if you grasp them tightly they will do you no harm. They are not poisonous and some people give them to fowls and turkeys through their meat,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susan Doherty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ture, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Hugh Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   52

   Address

   Ture, Co. Donegal