School: An Clochán (roll number 1364)
- Location:
- An Clochán Beag, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Seóirsín R. Middleton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 293
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- Nettles are the most harmful weeds on the farm, because they spread rapidly and impoverish the soil.
Ben-weeds are weeds that grow on good land.
Bur-roots are used for people that have a cough.
They are boiled and the water that comes off them is kept and drunk.
Bootery berries are used for dyeing and also Ivy.
They are boiled, and the water strained and used for cleaning clothes.
People used to hoke Ardnolds in the woods and mushrooms also for to eat.
Mushrooms are fried with salt. Arnolds are eaten raw after being freed of clay.
Wild sage is also boiled and used for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommie Patton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- An Chorr Leacaigh, Co. Dhún na nGall
