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School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)

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An Scairt, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 364

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    The most harmful weeds on our land are, the Rag-Weed, the Thistle, the Spoyink, the Laeóe, the lusmidhe. The reason that they are harmful is that they spread rapidly.
    Most of these grow on bad land.
    All of these weeds that I have mentioned were used in home-made medicines, and now of course are the foundation of medicines sold by the chemists. The farmers
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