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School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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Faugher, Co. Donegal
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Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 2

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  2. Luibheanna

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    The two weeds which do most to the ground are pirl grass and coltsfoot. The pirl grass is bad for the crop, but the coltsfoot smothers it. The weeds that grow in bad land are crowfoot, docking, gill-gowan, mugwood, reeds, wild mint-thistle. The benweed grows in rich land. Heart's ease is a weed with a blue flower on it, this weed is good for hearts disease. The people boil the week and drink the juice of it. Nettle is a weed for cows. Gill-Gowan is another and milk thistle another. A day
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