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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 337

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  1. Harmful Weeds

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    The most harmful weeds that trouble the farmer here are - Dock roots, squitch grass, blackbuttons, ferns. The worst of all is the hemlock. A farmer had seven sows which he left out for exercise. They came at this hemlock & the seven perished Another one hated by the farmers is garlic. This tastes the milk and the butter & people won't buy either if tainted with garlic.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Gaull
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny