School: An Charraig

Location:
Carrick, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
S. Ó Tiománaí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 148

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  1. Herbs
    There are many sorts of herbs growing in the fields. There are a lot of them good for the health. The names of them are Thistles, "dockens" dandelion nettles, hemlock, cuckoo "sarley", Pressure, "confree" "foxes tongue", fairy fingers
    Confree is good for the "lungs" "Evans" is a plant used for the kidneys "Gentian" is used as a great tonic "Alyconepain is used for a bad cough
    Water Cress is a plant for the health.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Goldrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Freeduff, Co. an Chabháin