School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 07_001
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- (continued from previous page)These are the plants and weeds that grow in our district. Buachallán, thistle, praiseach buidhe, felistrium, rushes, mínscoth, slanless, caistreabhán, comfry, nettles, dandelion, cropatrick, fothrom, bramhnán (amhrán), chickweed.
The buachallán is a very harmful weed to pasture land. A great number of insects gather in it. It is harmful to cattle. It often The thistle is also a very harmful weed to the eyes of cattle. It often causes blindness. The praiseach buidhe is a very harmful weed to tillage land. It causes failure to many crops. It is generally found in bog land. Felistrium is a very harmful weed and spreads very quickly. Rushes always grow in wet land(continues on next page)
- Collector
- S. Ó Duilleáin
- Gender
- Unknown
- Informant
- John Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inis Mór, Co. Chiarraí
