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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 175

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    meadow and there grows a red flower on it. Asses and horses like to eat the thistle.
    The Botallon grows in good land. Some of them grow to be a height of four or five feet. The stem is a white colour and boast. There grows a little bunch on it and when the wind comes along it blows the bunch away.
    The Red Shank got its name because it is of a red colour.The name Red Shank is often thrown as a slur on a person with red legs. It grows mostly on the potato ridges.
    The chicken weed is a small green weed. It grows mostly in cabbag. Boiled
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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