School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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- (continued from previous page)land is very boggy and wet. The old people do not know much Irish but they know some Irish words such as :- ciarán, gríosach, a leanbh, and a mhic.
- Some of the names of weeds which grow on the land are, nettles, praiseach, chickenweed, dock-leaves, lamb's quarters, robin-run-the-hedge, dandelion, sorrel and many others. Some people boil nettles when cabbage is scarce and eat them. There is also a cure in nettles for rheumatism. If you have(continues on next page)
