School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Géag, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 143
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- Cumfrey is a plant which is familiar to about everyone in the country. It grows in any kind of land, and once sowed in a garden it can never be banished. It is very useful for pigs. It is good for a swelling on a horse. Thistle is another plant which is often times given to pigs. It only grows in good land. Thistles are very healthy for pigs.
Stone-crop. This is a plant that grows without any earth. It grows on a wall. It kills worms in a horse.
Chicken weed.
It is a little fluffy plant which grows in potatoes field. It is good for cough for a horse.
Dandelion.
Dandelion grows in pasture fields and on the tops of ditches. It is used for pigs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Géag, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- James Quinn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Géag, Co. an Longfoirt
