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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0381

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    is the most common herb around here. Long ago the people used to pull it and hang it over the fire until it would be dry and hard. Then they would mix it with lin seed meal and water and make a plaster of it and put it on a boil and it would Immediately burst. There is another herb in the field which poison cattle for from once they eat it they would die. The goat is the only animal that does no harm to the land. Alots of farmers that has big farms of land usually keep a goat to eat the herbs. On poor land alot of chicken-weed and sloctans grow. The people use the sloctans for feeding pigs.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bina Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Stephen Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tonmoyle, Co. Galway