School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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- (continued from previous page)Lamb's quarter is a dirty weed injurious to crops. It has a very tall, thin, hard stem, with branches on it.
Dawkins are bad weeds, one woud seed an acre of land if let survive, they must be kept pulled or stubbed.
Scutch grass grows in winter wheat
Chicken Weed grows in rich land that has been tilled year after year, it is hard to get rid of
Stinking Roger grows in ditches
Gardens
Groundsel is easy to pull and is given to birds.
Wild Bindweed chokes other plants
Foran, grows in ditches, is a big, broad leaf and is very bad. It has a big whitish flower
Alexander is impossible to get rid of
"Scabby Hands" has a coarse, white flower and grows in ditches
Dandelion is called Lions' teeth- Collector
- Lil Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath