School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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- There are quite a number of herbs growing in my farm at home namely "Dearg Laoch" which is the most harmful weed growing in the farm. It lives all the year round and it grows mostly on moory land.
The "fearbán" is anothervery harmful weed and it usually grows in potatoes. It grows very rapidly and stretches across from one ridge of potatoes to another. Those two weeds usually impoverish the soil. They wither the stalk and very often kill the potato.
There is another weed also which grows only where the soil is good and it is called the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Catherine Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
