School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche
- Location:
- Knockanean, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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pigs ,ducks ,hens and turkeys. The chicken wed cures boils.Nettles clear the blood.Dandelion is very good for Rheumatism .people use nettles and thistles for for their own food.
- 5 " Weeds and Plants".The following plants are harmful to crops such as nettles, thistles,the crowfoot,the scutch grass,and a few others.They make the land poor and dirty and they smother the crops.The crowfoot is the only weed that grows in good land.I do not know any story about weeds that cure diseases,neither do I know any story explaining the shape of the leaves or their colour,or the shape of roots.There are certain weeds which are used as food such as the leaves of turnips and water cress.
- Collector
- Peg Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Clare
