School: Coillte Mághach (roll number 12520)

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1. Herbs and Weeds (continued)

   

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   veining which is so prominent a feature of the latter.

   Áithne or coltsfoot is one of the four plants that flower before sending for the leaves. It flowers in the early spring. The leaves are large and round and when dried are sometimes smoked instead of tobacco in certain diseases

   Airgead luachair or meadow sweet grows generally in marshy meadow land and may easily be recognised by the fragrant scent - not much unlike that of hawthorn flowers - of its flowers

   Seiluistrum or wild iris is most frequently met with on the banks of streams or river's

   Barráisti nó Práiseach bhuidhe or wild mustard in light loose land often infests the corn. A spraying with sulphate of copper is said to be a remedy.

   Luachar or rushes are often troublesome in wet pasture land. The remedy is drainage and a course of tillage

   Méiríní Sidhe foxglove generally grows on the sides of banks. It is considered poisonous though a useful medicine for heart disease is [?] from it.

   Slán Lús or plantain is not a troublesome weed and causes the gardener or farmer very

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill

   Gender

   Male