School: Broca
- Location:
- An Bhreacach Íochtarach, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 516
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- Clover, buacaillin and comfrey grow on good land. Burdock, docken, dandelion and foxglove grow on both good and bad land.
Dandelion means lion's tooth as the leaves of a dandelion are shaped like teeth. If you eat a docken root it is supposed to cure a cough.
Comfrey is used by some people as a food for hens and pigs. It is cut up and boiled and given to them to eat.
Foxglove is sometimes called fairy's finger as the flowers are like fingers. It is supposed to be able to cure cuts.
"Dockens" are harmful because its seeds spread all over the land and covers it with "dockens."
Thistles are harmful because they make the soil poor. Water cress grows in rivers. If a person eats it it will give them an appetite.
A small red berry called a dog berry(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Florrie Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cluanach Mhór, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Thady Maguire
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluanach Mhór, Co. Liatroma
