School: Cill Átha (roll number 9298)

Location:
Killagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Pender

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Herbs

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0163

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Many herbs grow on our farm. They are, Chicken-weed, Thistles, Dandelions, Neccles, Healing Leaf, Yellow Daisy, Gladem and Gloran.
The Chicken-weed is a very harmful herb to crops. When the potatoes are grwoing and if this weed appears on them it smothers up the potato stalk and then, the potatoes will be small and wet. The Thistle and the Yellow Daisy are supposed to grow on good land and the old people say they are good for cows.
The Dandelion is an herb which grows on wet land. It is supposed that this herb is a great medicine

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Collector
Jennie Fahey
Gender
female
Informant
Mr Fahey
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Killagh Beg, Co. Galway
Language
English