School: Kildraught (2)
- Location:
- Cill Droichid, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: E. Ní Armhultaigh
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- 7. Convolvulus weed winds round a plant and chokes it (J. Perkins heard in Celbridge 20 yrs ago)
8. Chicken weed smothers mangolds and turnips and other small seeds(ditto)
9. Crow-foot smothers small seed (Ditto)
10. Bishop weeds smothers plants (ditto)
11. Prashock smothers wheat and wild poppy does the same (ditto)
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- J. Perkins
- Address
- Cill Droichid, Co. Chill Dara
- 12. Pull up groundsel before it flowers as it spreads rapidly (Mr Flood heard in Co. Kilkenny)
- 13. Ivy found on walls and on cold damp places.
- 14. Chicken weed, Lambs' Quarter, Proshock, thistles, nettles, groundsel,destroy crops and plants.
- 15. Celandine weed grows and spread as fast as pulled.
- 16. Ragwort, rushes, furze, heather, dock, nettles are found only on poor ground.
- 17. Rushes found on boggy land
