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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0196, Page 173

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    The local weeds growing in this district are the docken, the nettle, the thistle, the chicken weed, Radóg, Growncel, the Botallan, and Red Shank.
    The docken is a very destructive weed. It grows mostly in a meadow or in the crop ground. It is a very long red stem with big green leaves on it. It can grow by root slip or a seed and it can nearly grow on a bare stone.
    The nettle is got growing anywhere. It is a fairly long stem with small green leaves. The leaves are coated over with little hairs to protect it from snails creeping up it. There is a sting in the leaf of the nettle to protect it from animals eating it. The cure of the sting is get a docken
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim