School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara
- Location:
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0319
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- (continued from previous page)bad taste and smell on the milk if the cows eat it. Thistles grew on fertile land and they choke whatever is growing there. Thistles are weeds which spread very quickly and people are often summoned for having them growing on their land. The foxglove is another plant which poisons sheep and cattle. Budgire is a tall plant like the centre of a lily which grows under hedges and it is poisonous.There is a man living in maree and he went out to the fields one day. As he was going along he saw a rat and a weasel fighting. The cat was getting stronger than the weasel, so the man went in over the wall and killed the rat. After a long time the boy got a sore leg(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs O' Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
