School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

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   The weeds that grow wild in our vegetable garden are, dockleaves, chickweed, nettles, thistles, buachalláin, and coltsfoot, these are the most harmful perhaps. The dockleaves, thistles, nettles, and buachalláin are harmful because they are deep rooted and they make the soil poor. The chickweed and the coltsfoot are not as bad as the others because they are not as deep rooted in the soil. These weeds spread quickly and they stop others plants near them from growing. The herbs that are in this district are, cowslips, horse-raddish, ivy, comfrey, dockleaves, chickweed, elder-berries, garlic, marsh-mallow, and the goose-berry thorn. The cowslip is used for yellow-jaundice. It is boiled and the juice is drunk. The stems of the ivy is boiled and the juice

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joe Healy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cluain Mór Íochtair, Co. Mhaigh Eo

   Informant

   Mrs Healy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cluain Mór Íochtair, Co. Mhaigh Eo