School: Turloch (roll number 10286)
- Location:
- Turlough, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 212
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- There are several different kinds of weeds which are harmful to the land. There is red-leg that grows in rich boggy ground, and chicken weed that (ground) grows in rich boggy ground also.
The red-leg is a long red weed that grows in tillage ground. The chicken weed is a short green weed that grows in potato ground, and in plants. The yellow weed is a yellow long weed that grows in potato, and in corn ground.
The farabán is a weed that grows in all kinds of land. It is very healthy for cattle to eat. The dadher [?] is a weed that grows in very poor bog. It is very like grass, but when it grows up a white flower comes on it.
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- Collector
- Annie Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Turlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Turlough, Co. Mayo
