Colt's foot, rag weed, set fast, dockings, red shank, thistles, nettles, chicken-weed, marsh mallow, dandelion, pressia, Wild carraway, day-nettle, wild poppies, marrow-roudle, flaggers, scutch-grass, bull-thorns, rat-tail, Ferns, Brackens, sorrel, goosetongue, She-thistle, Devilsbit, Lamb's-quarter, Ceannabhan, Four-hound, Robin-round-the-hedge, Rotten Rodger, Hard heads, Crow-foot, Fairy-finger, Yarrow Spearmint, Buttercup, Cumfrey, Sperry, Tormenten-Roots, Groundsel, Black-head, Lady's-Mantle, Hemlock, Foxglove, Cat-tail, Adam and Eve, Pig-nut, Sweet Lily Root, Ground-ivy, Wild Vetches, bog-bean, Trefoil.

the lufurneach is good for calves that have worms.
The moss is good for worts also. You must leave the moss on the worts for a few days and then they would go.
If you had a headache you should get a leaf of cabbage and put it on a coal and then leave it on your forehead and you would get alright.
If a rusty nail went through your foot you should get the foxglove and put it on your foot and it would get alright.
The comfrey is good for boils. If you had boils to scrape the root of the comfrey and put it on a cloth and leave it on the boils and they would go. The comfrey is good for lumps. If you had lumps and leave it on them it would draw they lumps.
The foxglove is good for headache also.

Clover, buacaillin and comfrey grow on good land. Burdock, docken, dandelion and foxglove grow on both good and bad land.
Dandelion means lion's tooth as the leaves of a dandelion are shaped like teeth. If you eat a docken root it is supposed to cure a cough.
Comfrey is used by some people as a food for hens and pigs. It is cut up and boiled and given to them to eat.
Foxglove is sometimes called fairy's finger as the flowers are like fingers. It is supposed to be able to cure cuts.
"Dockens" are harmful because its seeds spread all over the land and covers it with "dockens."
Thistles are harmful because they make the soil poor. Water cress grows in rivers. If a person eats it it will give them an appetite.
A small red berry called a dog berry

The most harmful weeds are:-
The Chick weed, Dog leave, spurge, pousack bhuidhe, causterlawn, dandelion, crow-foot, Wild Iris, Horse-button.
They are harmful because they spread rapidly. Dandelion The Dandelion is a cure for Liver disease.
Method in which it is used The water in which it is boiled is drunk by the person who has the
disease. In olden times old women used to gather dandelion in bunches and let it in the kitchen for a couple of months to season then they would draw it like tea and drink it.
The Foxglove The Foxglove has a medical property of curing decline
Method in which it is used It is chopped up small and given to the

Binweed
They are cut with scythes and sometimes where fields are very large with mowing machines. Farmers say that sheep will clear a field of this weed. The sheep eat the binweed while it is young and soft.Foxglove
Foxglove is always called Fairy Fingers or Fairy Thimbles. It is supposed to contain a cure for itch.
The roots are boiled and the water is rubbed on the sore spot.The turnip fly
Farmers in this district are often troubled by a fly which eats the leaves of the young turnips. When the leaves get strong the attack ceases. Now this insect operates in the month of May only so farmers delay the setting to ensure that the seedlings do not come

Some people call the foxglove flowers throat-worth, because when it is made into broth and used as a medicine it is supposed to be a cure for a sore throat. The following are the names of the fields in my father's farm:- Garrdha Capaill. Garrdha Pháid, Táin Bhán, Garrdha Fearsaí, Cathair Bróda. Garrda na Gamhna. Cnucán Mada, Garrdha na Cúinne, Béal na Mile, Ceann na h-abhainn. Gort Mucach. Buaile Pháidín, Páirc Nua, agus Garrdha Beag.

The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are chicken weed, whiteroot, crowfoot, dockroots, thistles, dandelion, clóbán, praiseac buisc, nettles, scutch grass, lambs-quarter, robin-run-the-hedge, spunkleaf, foxglove, cockle, "pake".The young leaves of nettles are boiled and given to young turkeys. The nettles are dressed with Indian meals.

also if the leaves are burned it kills fleas and all venomous insects. This is also called in some parts of the district "Job's Tears" as Job is supposed to have cured himself by means of the leaves of the Fleabane.Ragwort or commonly called Staggerwort cures staggers in horses or fowl.Foxglove
Foxglove is a cure for bad chests. The blossoms should be dried in the sun and kept for inhaling, as the blossoms give out a substance comforting to asthmatics and weak chested people.Scabious
Is a cure for skin disease.Yellow Rattle or Cocks Comb
The story of yellow rattle runs that it is so called from the way the seeds rattle in their husks by the passing wind and that this rattle warns the farmer to mow his grass. It is a decorative plant grows about a foot high is hated by the farmer as its growth indicates poor soil and is known to burn the roots of grass or corn. It is known by the name Cocks Comb (by some farmers

These are some of the weeds which grow on our land. Docks, Neanntóg. Neanntóg Caoch Thistle Fearbán moss Vetches Blioscán ranna chicken weed and foxglove.
Chicken weed grows on the tops of houses and is a cure for reducing swelling. Buacaill a tighe grows

Herbs
The most harmful weeds that grow in a garden are, nettles, bishops weed, dandelion, dock, thistles, wild parsley, chicken weed, burdock, groundsel, camomile, cuckoo pint, bind weed, foxglove, garlic, watercress, and flagons.
The most harmful of the weeds are, nettles, dandelions, thistles, groundsel, garlic and wild parsley because they spread rapidly. The herbs from which medicine can be obtained are, dandelions which is a cure for warts, garlic for colds, burdock for purifying the blood, camomile is a cure for mumps when it is made into a poultice, mint is for colds.
Nettles are given as food to young turkeys and hens eat dandelions.
Dye is got from flowers and herbs and the herbs which are most poisonous are hemlock, nightshade, and foxglove.
When there was no medicine in the olden days people had to use herbs for cures, and some of these cures are better than those which can be bought nowadays.
Celery is used as a cure for rheumatics.
If you bring the weed called burn-the-house into your house it will go on fire.
Written by - John Blain.

The roots of nettles when boiled and the liquid drunk cures the measles. The roots of the primrose boiled is a cure for the jaundice. The stem of the dandelion boiled is a cure for a cough. The juice of the stem of a flagger is a cure for the toothache. The leaves of the foxglove boiled produces a liquid which if drunk is a cure for a weak heart. The leaves of the dock are a cure for a sting of a nettle. Blue is a cure for a sting of a nettle. Blue is a cure for a toothache. Buttermilk whey is a cure for a cold.

a pain in the stomach. It is boiled with milk and it is then drank with more milk and sugar.
Water-cress.
Water-cress is taken to purify the blood.Nettles
Nettles are boiled and the juice is called nettle tea. It is a great cure for measles when drank.
Foxglove.
Foxglove is used as a heart stimulant when a drink is made from it.
Burdock
Burdock is used for coughs when drank.

Local Cures
In days of old people often found cures in herbs when doctors were very rare in Ireland. They found cures in Foxglove, Compheri, Coldput and Sorrel.

The ''earth nuts'' are used as food and pigs root them up and children enjoy them very much when other nuts cannot be found. The ''braken'' is used for dying wool and ''health'' is used for dying purposes. The ''deadly night shade'' is used as a poison also the foxglove.
Herbs were used extensively in former times and cured all kinds of disease. The Danes handed down several cures and old men from the North went around giving cures and nobody ever failed to be cured.

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When the people long ago had a cut they put a cobweb on it, to cure it, or the leaf of a foxglove, or Saint Patrick's cabbage.

A product from ordinary ivy is used to cure corns or bunions. Dandelion is used as a cure for diseases of the liver. Foxglove commonly known as ladys-fingers is used as a cure for heart disease but is supposed to be poisonous. Ordinary heath or heather is believed to be an excellent cure for kidney trouble. A small green herb which can be found growing on almost any fence by the roadside and which I can pick is an unfailing remedy for stopping bleeding. Another cure for stopping bleeding is a cobweb. Sugar mixed with finely chopped soap used as a poultice is a great agent for drawing

There are a lot of herbs and plants growing in the land which I know. Some of these are the "Praiseach Bhuidhe" the costerwan, and the chicken weed. The Praiseach Bhuidhe has a yellow flower. it grows chiefly among the corn crops. The farmers try to get rid of it by pulling it. The costerwan is a sort of weed which grows among grass it has several leaves it is cut sometimes with a knife and given to pigs with porridge. The chickened is a sort of a weed which grows plentifully among potatoes. Garlic in grass is objectionable because it gives a bad flavouring to the cow's milk. Other herbs I know of are the thistle, Iris, and foxglove. The thistle is cut and given to the pigs like the costerwan. The iris is a tall plant it has a yellow flower, it grows to the height

canot be cleared very easily. The dockleave are very harmful to the crops
There are some herbs of great value and power such as the groundsel, ground ivy, foxglove and the bark of the haw-thorn. The hazel tree has many virtues it is sacred and powerful against devils' wiles, and its secret properties are known only to the wise. The ancient Irish believed that there were fountains at the head of the chief rivers of Ireland, over each of which grew nine hazel trees which at certain times produced beautiful

Peppermint is used for sickness and vomiting, Marshmallow, is used for coughs, colds and asthma and it's root for kidney trouble. Meadowsweet is used for dropsy.
There are some herbs of great value and power such as the groundsel, ground ivy, foxglove, and the bark of the haw-thorn The hazel tree has many virtues. It is sacred and powerful against devil's wiles, and its secret properties are known only to the wise. The ancient Irish believed that there were fountains at the head of the chief rivers of Ireland, over each of which grew nine hazel trees which

There are some herbs of great value in power, such as ground ivy, grondsel foxglove, and the bark of the haw thorn. The hazel tree has many virtues. It is sacred and powerful against devils' wiles, and has secret properties known only to the wise.
The ancient Irish believed that there were fountains at the head of the cheif rivers of Ireland, over each of which grew nine hazel trees, which at certain times