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School: Cill Bheagnait (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 037

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    Herbs are very harmful especially on tillage. The most harmful are: the Chicken weed, the Thistle, the Nettle, the "Docked", the Rib weed, the Scutch grass, the Dandelion, and the Furán.
    The Chicken weed grows on potatoes mostly. It is very hard to dig potatoes with it, and it also stops the crop from growing.
    The Thistle grows in the Oats or on pasture land.
    It is not as harmful as the Chicken weed. The Nettle grows on pasture
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó hÉagartaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14