School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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- The most harmful weeds that trouble the farmer here are - Dock roots, squitch grass, blackbuttons, ferns. The worst of all is the hemlock. A farmer had seven sows which he left out for exercise. They came at this hemlock & the seven perished Another one hated by the farmers is garlic. This tastes the milk and the butter & people won't buy either if tainted with garlic.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Thomas Gaull
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny