School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
- Location:
- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0203
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- There are a good many herbs found in this district. There is a herb known as "Cáilleach Caorac". It grows somewhat like a small cabbage stalk and it does not flower, but forms little berries which are yellow in colour. It is poison for sheep, and if they ate it they would turn black, and die. It usually grows in dry rocky land.
There is a herb called dandelion. It is given to fowl. It grows in rich and poor land.
There is another herb called glórán. It grows in meadows, its colour is green and there are seeds in the top of it. When the seeds fall off and scatter a white(continues on next page)
