School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)
- Location:
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conaill
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- The herbs that do damage to good land are redknee, scutch grass, blind nettles, dock-leaves, nettles and chicken-weed.
They made the land poor.
They smother and choke crops. All kinds of weeds grow on poor land. No weeds at all grows on good land. There is only one herb that I know of that cures diseases. the name of it is Mac Na Company. It cures many diseases it cures running diseases. The roots are dug and scraped and boiled. It is put into a jar untill it (cures) cools and then applied to the sore.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridget Carney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
