School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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- (continued from previous page)thistles. They are harmful because they spread rapidly. They have no Irish names.
The thistles grow where land is good only. The dandelion is a very common weed. The teasel is a weed, that grows in damp woodland. The milk of the dandelion is used for some diseases. The carline thistle is used for some other disease.
There are no traditions connected with any herb.
Some people eat a feed of nettles a few times a year. People cut thistles and give them to pigs.
Herbs were used in cures in former times. Certain men used them.
- Collector
- Seán Sheehan
- Gender
- Male
