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Herbs
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The most common weeds on the farm are : thistles, nettles, dock, scutch grass, "Preshaugh", dandelion, chick-weed, "forans", rushes, ferns, comfy, reeds, spearment, Burdock.
Thistles grow mostly on good land.
Nettles grow everywhere. They are good food for fowl. If you get a sting of a nettle, rub a dock-leaf to it. Don't scratch it, and it will get better.
Dandelions are yellow "jaundice" and to eat the stalks will cure blood pressure.
Rushes grow in tufts and in low boggy land.
Chick-weed grows in gardens, turnips and mangels. It spreads rapidly. It has a white flower. It blooms in the Autumn. It is easy to pull it. Fowl eat it.
In winter when people have no vegatables, they gather water cress from drains. It is wholesome.
Scutch grass chokes the crops and prevents them coming up.
Thistles grow mostly on good land.
Nettles grow everywhere. They are good food for fowl. If you get a sting of a nettle, rub a dock-leaf to it. Don't scratch it, and it will get better.
Dandelions are yellow "jaundice" and to eat the stalks will cure blood pressure.
Rushes grow in tufts and in low boggy land.
Chick-weed grows in gardens, turnips and mangels. It spreads rapidly. It has a white flower. It blooms in the Autumn. It is easy to pull it. Fowl eat it.
In winter when people have no vegatables, they gather water cress from drains. It is wholesome.
Scutch grass chokes the crops and prevents them coming up.