School: Clara (2)
- Location:
- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 226
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- Old Mrs Fagan of the Back Road calls convolvolus "the Devil's Garter" It is very common in Clara.
The most harmful weed around here is prasha.
The prasha spreads rapidly and impoverishes the soil. The thistles grow no-where but on good land.
Scutch grass and red poppies grow on poor land. The dandelion (weed) has medicinal properties. The dandelion is used for some disease. The roots of the dandelion are boiled and the people drink it then. The nettles are boiled for turkeys when they are small. Elder berries are used for making ink. The nettles are boiled for curing people too. We think the people make it like tea. My Mother told me about herbs and my father too. They are over forty years of age. They live in Clonshanny, Clara, Offaly.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eva Griffith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonshanny, Co. Offaly
