School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0116
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“Cribs were made long ago for catching birds in the snow...”
(continued from previous page)and body. They put two sticks for the legs and two more for the arms. They cut out a flat face and made eyes, nose, and mouth with turf. They put clothes on them.
- Herbs were used in the district for curing certain complaints long ago. Dandelion were supposed to be good for the blood. In spring they used to gather a lot of dandelions. Then they used to boil them and mix them with treacle and whiskey. They used to take a teaspoon every morning before the breakfast.
- Collector
- Eileen Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
Herbs
“There is another weed called The preasac buidhe and it harms crops.”
There is another weed called "The preasac buidhe" and it harms crops. That weed grows only in badly tilled land. There is another herb that grows in the end(continues on next page)
