School: Colthurst, Ráth Cúil
- Location:
- Rathcool, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Murchadha
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- The most harmful weed in our land is the dock leaf. That weed grows wherever it is thrown
The buacallán buidhe is also a harmful weed because if it is saved with hay the hay gets musty. It spreads very quickly through the land.
The thistle is a harmful weed also because when it gets into land it is very hard to get it out.
The chicken weed is harmful because it chokes young mangolds.
"Bainne na néan" is a poisonous weed. It grows in the river. There is a cure in it for warts.
