School: Drummond

Location:
An Droimín, Co. Cheatharlach
Teacher:
P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 463

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 463

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  2. The most injurious weeds on farms are; the dog roots, yellow buttons, dandelions, thistles and fairyflax. They spread very quickly over the farm. Those weeds except the thistles grow on poor land but the thistles grow on good land. Long ago a weed named crane'sbill was a cure for murrain in cattle. All those weeds poison the soil.
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  3. The most harmful weeds on the farm are; the dock weed, the scutch-grass spunk and yellow bottom. They spread quickly and they make land poor. a herb
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