School: Lios Leacach (B. & C.) (roll number 12732 / 12733)
- Location:
- Lislackagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire E. Uí Einrí
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- (continued from previous page)six inches in ehight and it spreads very rapidly and makes the soil poor.
Bliscán grows about four inches height. It grows in poor land and rich land. When it grows in rich land the roots of it are thick. In olden times the people roasted the roots of the (farrabán) bliscán and they ate them.
Dock grows in poor land. It is also an herb. In olden times it was a cure for cow-pock
The docket leaves were boiled with butter. A special kind of poison(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridgie Philbin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lislackagh, Co. Mayo
