School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)
- Location:
- Baile na Lorgan, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: T. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 052
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- The commonest and most harmful weeds growing on our farm are -
Thistles, nettles, dockens, chicken weed, ragweeds, pressia, redshank, cowlfoot, mint, and crowsfoot.
Thistles, dockens, and ragweeds only grow in good rank soil.Uses of herbs:(i) Dockens: The juice of either the seeds or the roots, got by boiling them in water is taken as a cure for a cough.
Large does of this are also given to horses with colds(ii) To cure the sting of a nettle, rub a leaf of the docken, to the sore or blister, saying three times"Docken, docken in and out,
Take the sting of a nettle out."(i) Nettles: Nettle soup, made by boiling the stems and leaves in water, is given as medicine to persons suffering from measles. After a few drinks, the rash begins(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Matt Callan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sráid Eabhraic, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Francis O Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Baile na Lorgan, Co. Mhuineacháin
