School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 563
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- 1. "Buclans" are very harmful herbs in the land. They have a fairly tall, leafy stalk. A yellow flower appears on the top of it. Then the seed withers and falls. (The) The next year a lot more of them comes up where the seeds fell the previous year.
2. Chick Weed grows on root crops. It is a green spreading weed.
3. There is another weed called "Lamb's Quarters". It is a big long weed, with a kind of a red seed on it.
4. The "Dock leaf" is another weed. There are broad leaves on it, and a red root.
5. The Nettle is a very usual weed. There is a sting in the leaf of it. It grows on the side of the road(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Monica Doran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncat, Co. Meath
