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 255

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 255

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    feeding turkeys. When the nettles are boiled and mixed with oatmeal they are used in feeling for turkeys. Dockens are used for feeding pigs when they are boiled.
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  2. The most harmful weeds on the farm are dockens because they destroy the land.
    They grow in good land and they spread quickly. When burned by a nettle rub a Docken to it and say "Docken, Docken, Docken, knock the nettle out, and it will take away the pain.
    When nettles are boiled they are useful for feeding turkeys and geese.
    Dockens are good feeding for pigs, when they are boiled.
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  3. The names of the herbs most common in the district are the dandelion and the bog bane.
    The dandelion is good for the heart. It can be taken either cooked or raw. The sheep and rabbit like it very much. It grows on any kind of land.
    Bog bane is good for a cough, but it has an ugly taste.
    Heather is used for dyeing purposes. It dyes
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Roisin Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drum East, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Devins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Drum East, Co. Sligo