School: Uragh (B.)

Location:
Uragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Connachtáin
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  1. The most harmful weeds to be found in the district are:- nettles, weeds, dockings and thistles. They are all to be found everywhere and are a great pest to farmers, because they grow so quickly when not properly cut or destroyed.
    There is a certain flower named
    '' Sheeps Flower, '' and it is said that any where they grow that sheep are grazing they do harm to those sheep. But this is probably because the the weed is always found on bad marshy land. To human beings it is deadly poison, but it does not harm animals.
    Another weed is the common nettle and in the great Famine it was boiled, to take the sting out, and afterwards used as food.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Beacom
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan