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School: Páirc an Éadain (Facefield)

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Facefield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Breathnach
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    The most harmful weeds growing in our farm are the dock-leaf, the chicken weed, the thistles and the nettles. The dock-leaf is harmful because it takes the good from the land and from the other plants. The chicken-weed is also a harmful plant because it spreads rapidly and chokes the other plants near it. The thistles and nettles are harmful because they make the soil poor.
    Ferns are weeds that grow in good land. The chicken-weed, thistles and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamas Ó Maolaithche
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Rodger
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mossbrook, Co. Mayo