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School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

Location:
Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 264

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    The most harmful weeds that grow on my farm are the dock leaves, switch grass, chicken weed, buacalán buidhe, and the thistle.
    The leaves of the switch grass are the worse as they impoverish the soil. The chicken weed and the buacalán buidhe speed out and choke the seed. Thistles, nettles, clover, and the buttercup grow on good land.
    The Slanlus and the caisearbhán grow on the sides of ditches.
    If the old people had a cut
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    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
    Jack Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Alexander O Sullivan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork