School: Whiterock (roll number 13820)
- Location:
- Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: J. Faulkner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0194, Page 109
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- (continued from previous page)Garden pest is the greatest enemy of all for it spreads so rapidly there is no such thing as getting rid of it. Grounsel spreads very quickly too. The Ragwort is a weed which grows in good land, but will spread very rapidly if not cut down before seeds ripen.The farmer pulls up the dock and thistle out of the corn because both are bad for the meal + for the straw which is given as fodder to the cattle.
