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School: Ballynagearn (roll number 8824)

Location:
Ballaghnagearn, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Finnegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0929, Page 174

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    in green fields and it spreads very rapidly. The farmers cut them in order to prevent them from spreading.
    Prosach is a very harmful weed which grows in oats. It has a yellow blossom and it spreads very rapidly.
    Coltsfoot is a weed that grows in turnips. It is the shape of a colt's foot and that is how it got its name.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumiller, Co. Cavan