School: Muine Mór
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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- The local weeds growing in this district are the docken, the nettle, the thistle, the chicken weed, Radóg, Growncel, the Botallan, and Red Shank.The docken is a very destructive weed. It grows mostly in a meadow or in the crop ground. It is a very long red stem with big green leaves on it. It can grow by root slip or a seed and it can nearly grow on a bare stone.The nettle is got growing anywhere. It is a fairly long stem with small green leaves. The leaves are coated over with little hairs to protect it from snails creeping up it. There is a sting in the leaf of the nettle to protect it from animals eating it. The cure of the sting is get a docken(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mac Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim