School: Mayne (roll number 12433)
- Location:
- Mayne, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Margaret Percival
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- (continued from previous page)potatoes and oats and prevents their growth.
Robin-run-the-hedge does similar damage.
Groundsel is hard to keep out of gravel paths. Its seeds are given to cage birds.
Dock is the hardest weed to get out of land. Its roots are very strong. The leaf of the dock will cure nettle stings if it is rubbed on the effected parts.
Nettle is a weed which can be found in every kind of land. It grows about four feet high if it is not checked.
Hemlock is the local name for hedge parsley. It grows in the hedges. It is poisonous and is known to have killed people who ate it.
Bishop's weed grows among flowers. It is impossible to remove it when it gets into a garden.
Chicken weed is a very bad weed in potatoes. It spreads very quickly.
Buachalan or rag-weed is a weed with a yellow flower. It grows in pastures.
Night Shade grows in a sheltered place(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joyce Stratford
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilgolagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mark Stratford
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Kilgolagh, Co. Cavan
