School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Droim Gamhnach, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 575
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- Gender
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- Mrs Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Anscairt, Co. Liatroma
- Herb like everything else are of two classes good and bad. Some herbs destroy crops whilst other are quite harmless. The most common herbs growing in this district are crow-foot, red shank, hemlock, sorrel chicken weed feather ful wild mustard nettles dandelion thistle spear-point goose tongue robin-round, the hedge fern and feather ful these others herbs are injurious to crops. They grow up very quickly and then of course(continues on next page)
