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School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)

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Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 093

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 093

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    cattle if they eat them.
    Scutch grows rapitly and destroys the tillage.
    Groundil grows in bad land and birds are fed on it.
    Raep is very good for feeding sheep
    The thorn of a gooseberry bush cures a sty in a person’s eye.
    The Robin - run - the - hedges is a Herb with a white flower on it and the hedges look lovely with the flower.
    Water cress is very good for the blood
    Elderberry wine is made out of the berries of Elders.
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    “Mrs Maxwell of Tullamore wanted a servant...”

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