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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 275

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    There is another bad weed which grows especially with flax. It is called the greenwitch. It grows very long and when the people are pulling the flax they have to take out the weeds of it.
    There is another weed - the docken. This weed is not as bad as the other weed because it does no harm. It can be used for feeding animals.
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    The most harmful weeds are ragweed, nettles, colts fort and dockens. The ragweeds grow in nearly every farm. The flower is yellow. The people cut them every year. The coltsfort grows in wet
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan