School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:: Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
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is a cure for a sting of a nettle. Rub the copog till green comes on the sting and then the pain will go. Some of the weeds are used as food, Cumfory used be given to the pigs to eat, Nettles were given to turkeys. Boil the nettles and when they are taken up take the stems out of them and then give them to the turkeys.
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The most harmful weed that grows is the chicken-weed. It spreads through the soil. There are also other weeds

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