School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)
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- Cill Bhríde, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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- (continued from previous page)The colour of it is yellow and it chokes the wheat from growing
Clover and buttercups grow in good land. Rushes and Flaggers grow in bad land.
- The most harmful weeds are, Chicken weed, charlock, Mares tales, wild poppies, Dandelion, pressac, the rag weed and ground ivy. These are the most harmful because they spread and impoverish the soil
Nettles and thistles grown in bad land. Horse radish mixed with wild celery and canebrimstone has the cure of boils. Horse radish grows in gardens and wild celery grow in any meadow. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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