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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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2. Herbs

   

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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