School: Loughmoe (B.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7694)
- Location:
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)I often heard my father say the following little rhyme about nettles.
If you touch a nettle gently,
It will sting you for your pain;
Grasp it like a man of metal,
And it as soft as silk remains.
Spunk is a very soft weed but it is very hard to pull it. The farmers don't like it at all because it is a very hard weed to kill.
Dandelion grows in grazing land and sometimes in an a garden. It has a yellow blossom.
Dock leaves grow from long roots. They grow in shady places mostly
Ferns grow on the side of a hill or an mountain or in a bog. They have a brown colour and a pink blossom.
Preshock grows in in bret, wheat, turnips, marigolds, and potatoes. It has a yellow blossom. Farmers don't like preshock at all because it is a very hard weed to pull, and it is a sure sign the land(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Denis Morris
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Philip Morris
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
