School: Crummy (roll number 12691)

Location:
Crummy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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    3. Docking's are also given to pigs.
    4. Comfry is given to hens and pigs.
    5. Crow-Foot is also given to hens.
    6. Clover is also a feeding herb.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Poisonious and Harmful herb's
    Red Shank is a very poisonious herb, it grows in meadows and spreads very rapidly.
    The yellow blossom of whins is poisonious in a certain time of the year.
    Chicken-Weed is poisonious.
    Black Berries which grow on Ivy are poisonious.
    The Ferns that grow in ditches are poison.
    "House leak is poison, it grows on the walls of houses.
    there is a tree called the "Drooping Ash" and on it comes long, thin, green leaves. They are very poisonious.
    Laurall leaf is poison.
    Rita Mahon
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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