School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 249
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- 1. Caisearbhan used to be given to pigs and chickens.
2. Alder tree was used for dye.
3. Starch was made from the potatoes.
4. Stampaí used to be made of the potatoes.
In the "bad times" the discoloured potatoes used to be made into stampaí.
5. In the famine days the people used to take the turnips of the fields and eat them raw.
6. Sgeach geal or white thorn was considered to bring ill-luck to the house into which it was brought.
7. dandelion was a cure for a cough.
8. Peacocks' feathers were also considered unlucky.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Cronín
- Gender
- Female
