School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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- (continued from previous page)all black. It is an exception to see a black sheep among a flock of white sheep.
Na h-éanlaith
Hens, ducks, chickens, geese and goslings are kept in the farm-yard. We call the hens by saying 'tuc, tuc', ducks by saying "faoit" "faoit" and geese by saying "badaigh, badaigh." Turkies are called "géib" "geib". All those fowl are kept in every farm-yard.
- Long ago people used herbs for cures, they also eat herbs and they gave them to animals. There are herbs which grow in good warm soil such as thistles and the "red shank". Baráiste, Brisglán grow in bad wet land. Chicken-weed grows in poor land.
Billeóg Sráide - This is a cure for sore lips
Bothal TigheIs a cure for sore eyes. Long ago the people said it was lucky to have this weed growing in the thatch.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs K. Donohue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Galway
