School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Baile an Átha, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 413
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- (continued from previous page)nettle. it grows everywhere. it is used for feeding Turkeys. The people cut the nettles and boil them and gave them to the turkeys to eat. People also eat them.
There is another weed called House Leak It grows up along the side of walls and it is used for curing corns. First you get the leaf of the weed and put it in water for a couple of hours. Then you leave the leaf on the corns.
There is another weed called the Seven Sisters. It is not used for curing anything. It only grows in some places. There is another weed called the Fern. It grows in poor land. The rush also grows in poor land. They are not used for curing anything. There is another weed called Charlock. It grows in good land. It has a yellow flower.
- Collector
- Michael Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Átha, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
