School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 004
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- (continued from previous page)weed with a yellow blossom on the top of it.
When it grows one the seeds will drop off and and remain in the ground. Every year a guard goes around and commands them to be cut. If you don't obey you will be summoned.
"Chicken-Weed."
This weed very often grows in potatoes. It does the crop no harm. This weed grows in wetland also in dry land.
"Thistles"
This weed grows in corn. It also grows in potatoes. It grows in dry land. The seeds of the thistles drop off every year and remain in the ground.
"The blindeye."
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