[Ads-l] Antedating of "Loco Weed"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Loco Weed (OED 1879)

1873 Sacramento Daily Union 28 May 2/6 (Genealogy Bank)

The army worm ... have thus far confined their ravages principally to a poisonous plant known as "loco weed."

NOTE:  This was reprinted from the Kern County Courier, 24 May 1873.

Fred Shapiro

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