School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Kilclare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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- "Lambsquarter" grows in fields. It is very harmful to potatoes. "Goose Tongue" grows in bogs. It cures a burn. "Red Shank" grows in newly dug crops. It cures a swelling. "Hemlock" grows in the ditches. It is very harmful to cattle.
Pauline Carter, Shanraw
Recorded from Michael Carter, Shanraw, Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Pauline Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanraw, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Michael Carter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Shanraw, Co. Leitrim
- "Scutch Grass" is a very harmful weed to potatoes. It grows only in rich land. "Crowsfoot" is commonly seen in all crops and is most harmful. It is boiled for pigs. "Slanlus" grows in all sorts of land. It is a good cure for a cut. "Buglas" (Vipers Bugloss?) grows only in rich land. It is used to reduce a swelling. "Stinking George" grows only on mossy ditches. it is pulled and mixed with lard. Then it is used for curing of a burn.
