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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 02_001

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    These are the names of the weeds in our farm, the dogleaf thistle and nettle the clover, the juice of a dogleaf rub it of the sting. Nettle are used for feeding urkeys and pigs. Caistreabhán is used for feeding pigs. Comfy is used for feeding cows. Where rushes grow it is poor land, thistles and clover grow in very good land. Herbs that spread quickly are the daiseys the chickenweed rushes felestrams the buachallán the thistle and the nettle. Nettles are boiled and the water is given to cows with mourn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    N. Ní Dhuilleáin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs T. Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ennismore, Co. Kerry