School: Skerries, Athy (roll number 10975)
- Location:
- Skerries North, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: E. Tansey
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- cattle often get bog-lame. it is a weed that grows in many fields. People often put out a goat among the cattle to eat the weed. it will not do the goat any harm.
If cattle eat this weed. They will then eat rags, sacks sticks iron or anything hey can meet.
bog lame is a green plant with a stalk and leaf. there are little brown things like seeds in the stalk. this weed grows near the ditches. My father told me about this
laurence blanchfeild
youngstown athy
- Collector
- Laurence Blanchfield
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Youngstown, Co. Kildare
- Get a bit of rhubarb and rub it on the wart. DO this often and the wart will go away. I tried this myself and it worked.
