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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 236

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    The purple vetch is a harmful weed to the crop. When the farmers have any vegetables growing, it chokes them and they wither away and die. The docket leaf is also a harmful weed to crops. It has a very big root and it spreads all over the garden gets tangles in every vegetable. If you rub the docket leaf on a sting it will cure it. There is a weed that we call the green leaved weed. It has leaves like a primrose. It does not do much harm to the crop because it does not spread
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Carson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Carson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo