School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 444
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- The most harmful and numerous weeds growing in our farm are, "the dock root", "gearras[?]", "glumnas[?]", "chick weed", "puiseac[?] buese[?]". "thistles" and nettles. The weed called gearras[?] is found growing in wet unfertile land. Glumnas[?], a long green plant is found growing also in wet ground. Chick weed is very harmful because it spreads more rapidly than any other weed. It is found, growing in fertile land. All these weeds are very destructive because they impoverish the soil. The weed called piuseac[?] buese[?] is usually found growing in meadows or in corn fields. It is a tall weed with a yellow blossom. It is very harmful because it smothers the crop with which is grows. Thistles grow in fertile land, and it, also spreads very rapidly. Nettles grow in good fertile land also. It is used by people who suffer from consumption.
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- Collector
- Robert Roycroft
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
