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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 331

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 331

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    eaten. It is found in dry sandly soil. There is a weed called chicken weed. The old people say it was a cure for an ailment the time of the famine as the Nerve ton.
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  2. The Potato Crop

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    We grow about an acre of potatoes every year. We sow them in ridges because the land is sandy. If you sowed them in drills they'd grow up and be all scutch.
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