School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)
- Location:
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)6. Thistles is another weed that is hard to get out of the soil.
7. Nettles are very famous round here. They got their name from "Sting you." The old people used to eat them when there was no cabbage available.
8. Blackbirds are another and they got their name from having Blackheads.
9. Sore eyes are very common here. They are bright pink in colour, and a person once rubbed them to her eyes; which became blind hence the name.
10. Rag weed is another old weed it grows tall and has many leaves with a yellow flower on top. If left for three days after being pulled it becomes poisonous.
11. Prasha is an old spreading root and destroys crops.
- Collector
- Maureen Berry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
