There are various kinds of herbs. 1. The dandelion boil it and the water it is boiled in is given for a bad stomach 2. The garlac is used for taking worms out of cows tails, and it is lucky to keep a plant of it in the house. 3. The nettle is mixed through porridge for turkeys. 4. The marsh-mallows are good for diseases in the head. 5. Thistles are good for cows and pigs. 6. Pruiseac is a weed that spreads quickly in the garden and is very bad for the crop it is growing in. 7. Red clover flowers used for coughs, and in the treatment of a cancer. 8. Hop flowers, valuable tonic for the stomach and nerves, Also for indigestion and worms 9. Ginger root, used generally for colds spasms and flatulence.
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