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School: Log na nGall (roll number 15663)

Location:
Lugnagall, Co. Sligo
Teachers:
Tomás Ó Hodhráin Bean Uí Hodhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 253

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    The most harmful weeds on our farm are rushes, thistles, dockins. These are harmful because they spread quickly.
    Rushes are used for thatching houses and the donkey is very fond of thistles.
    Pigs are very fond of dockins and they are good for fattening them.
    Dandelion is boiled and the juice drank for a cold in the head.
    Watercress grows in soft mushy places and can be boiled when cabbage is scarce. It has a peppery taste.
    Heather is used for dyeing white clothes brown.
    The foxglove is boiled and the juice drank for a weak heart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dominick Harte
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lislahelly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Tom Coggins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Collinsford, Co. Sligo