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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 256

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    There are many kinds of weeds growing on our farm at home.
    Buacláns.
    Buaclans grow in old haggards with other weeds. They spread very quickly.
    Spunk.
    Spunk grows in tillage. Spunk is very harmful to crops as sometimes it grows on drills where crops are growing.
    Scutch - grass.
    Scutch - grass grows in oats and wheat and sometimes it destroys the corn. Red Knee also grows in corn.
    Chicken Weed.
    Some people use Chicken weed for food for fowl and pigs. Chicken weed grows in corn like Spunk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois