School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)
- Location:
- Hospital, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Sr. Bernard
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All weeds are very injurious to land. Some much worse than others are hard to get rid of, for instance rushes. These grow on damp and wet soil and spread very rapidly and are almost impossible to banish.
Gheobhasadáin is another very injurious weed which grows in good and bad land. It must be cut before seed matures, otherwise it spreads all over the land. Likewise thistles, these will only grown in good land and must be cut before seeding, to prevent spreading. Dock leaves are very injurious only growing in rich places and must be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Scully
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hospital, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr P. Condon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hospital, Co. Limerick
