roots which is invaluable where there is a large family. The best way of using it as a remedy, is to boil half-a-pound of the powdered root in a pint of golden syrup, this can be taken in teaspoonful dose.
Coltsfoot. The Coltsfoot is another plant common to all districts and it may here be remarked that generally the most common Herbs are the most useful. It seems as though Nature has in each country whose particular illnesses occur given the remedy in abundance. Coltsfoot is one of the best known Herbs for use in dealing with coughs and colds. it is usually used as a tea in conjunction with Horehound Marchmallow Ground Ivy etc. The worst of colds speedily disappears when these Herbs are used and where the faimly includes smallchildren especially this remedy should always be kept in the house. The wife and children can partake of the tea and the husband can case his tobacco habbit by smooking a pipeful of it now and again to the benefit of himself and family. A little Coltsfoot put on a plate and lightly well gradually smoulder away and the smoke inhaled will have a wonderful healing effect on a sore

The weeds that grow wild in our vegetable garden are, dockleaves, chickweed, nettles, thistles, buachalláin, and coltsfoot, these are the most harmful perhaps. The dockleaves, thistles, nettles, and buachalláin are harmful because they are deep rooted and they make the soil poor. The chickweed and the coltsfoot are not as bad as the others because they are not as deep rooted in the soil. These weeds spread quickly and they stop others plants near them from growing. The herbs that are in this district are, cowslips, horse-raddish, ivy, comfrey, dockleaves, chickweed, elder-berries, garlic, marsh-mallow, and the goose-berry thorn. The cowslip is used for yellow-jaundice. It is boiled and the juice is drunk. The stems of the ivy is boiled and the juice

The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are thiskles, nettles, coltsfoot, dockins, comfrey, and hemlock. A few of these are far more noxious then others. For instance the thistle has a fluffy topped seed. In windy weather is goes with the wind any distance and grows wherever it falls. The nettles can be cut down, but the roots of them grow under the ground. They are very harmful, and indeed in many ways are useful.The coltsfoot has a broad leaf it gets its name from its likeness in shape of a coltsfoot. It is very harmful because it grows in tillage land and it curbs the food in the soil so that the crops are unable to trive. Comfrey grows in the corner of gardens. It is very harmful. It grows very thick much like the coltsfoot. The root of the comfrey when mashed up into pulp will cure a burn. The dockins are a noxious weed, although cattle a fond of eating them. They usually grow in waste corners of gardens. The hemlock is very poisinous, and it is very hard to banish it when it gets a holt in the land. All the herbs mentioned grow in any kind of land. They say the more weeds the better the

The most harmful herbs grown on the farm are the Spurge, coltsfoot, Preasach, bucallán, docket, thistle and the poisonous

The two weeds which do most to the ground are pirl grass and coltsfoot. The pirl grass is bad for the crop, but the coltsfoot smothers it. The weeds that grow in bad land are crowfoot, docking, gill-gowan, mugwood, reeds, wild mint-thistle. The benweed grows in rich land. Heart's ease is a weed with a blue flower on it, this weed is good for hearts disease. The people boil the week and drink the juice of it. Nettle is a weed for cows. Gill-Gowan is another and milk thistle another. A day

There are a few weeds, I know of, such as, Chicken Weed, Coltsfoot, Wicks, Watercress, Comfrey, Nettles, Gorywoag; Blisce, Blisceãn, Thistles, Bocalãn, and the Fuarãn.
The Chicken Weed is used for colds. The Coltsfoot is a harmful weed for the potatoes. Wicks are bad for grass. Watercress if good for the people's health in the Spring time.
Comfrey is good for healing cuts and sores. Gorywoag is harmful to potatoes and oats. Bliscoãn is good for some people's health. The Fuarán is used for feeding pigs.

The most harmful weeds to be found in our gardens are, the nettles, chickweed, Buachalláin, coltsfoot and thistles. Dockleaves are to be found also. All these weeds are found growing in our vegetable garden.
The dockleaves, nettles, thistles, and Buachalláin are deep rooted and are harmful because they make the soil poor. Coltsfoot and chickweed prevent plants from growing because they spread quickly.
Certain kinds of herbs have medicinal properties. The commonest are, "the Duáchall a'tighe" which is used for eyes, and grows on eaves of houses. Bouglas is used for toothache and worms and cattle. Garlic is used for worms also, "comfrey" is used for sprains a?

The names of weeds that does most harm to the land are Caupog's Thistles, Coltsfoot, Bauchlawn, Dandaline, Ferbawn and Forane. They are very harmful to the crops because they smother the stalks if they are not pulled. They will not let the stalks grow. They also take the moisture out of the land and so the crops have no moisture and they fail away.
The names of weeds that grow in good land are Thistles, Bauchlawns and Dandalines.
The names of weeds that grow in bad land are Caupogs Coltsfoot

These are the weeds that grow. Dockings, Faraban, Yellow gawns, ben weeds, thistles, Nettles Garkin. Crottle, Coltsfoot, Bachran. Scutchgrass. Burrs. Wildsage. Black heads, Red shanks.
The Dockings and Burrs and faraban do the most harm to the ground. The faraban grows in ground that is not well manured. The Dockings grow in any ground. The reason that the Dockings are so plentiful is because the wind blows the seed away everywhere and where ever the seed falls there is sure to grow Dockings. The Garkin grows on a gentle place. The Bachran grows on loughs. The Crottle grows on rocks. The Coltsfoot grows on ground that was not cultivated for a long time. There are certain weeds that people use as cures. They use Garkin as a cure for pains. They use wildsage for colds. The use Bachran for colds also. There are weeds for dyeing too. They use Crottle and Red shank as dye.

Before doctor's treatments came into use, people used to make up medicines from herbs of plants. The following are some of the herbs used for cures. Cough-grass for a cold, Butter-cups for a hearthburn, Chickweek for a swollen joint, House leek for sore eyes, Coltsfoot for sore throats, Dandelion juice is good to drink for a weak heart and bones, [?] is good for the kidney trouble, Bleeding-heart

There are a lot of weeds growing on the farm at home. ragweeds, docks, dandelions whins and coltsfoot.The whins are used for colds, the green tops are cut and boiled with water and strained, and the tops are also bruised between two flat stones, rolled in balls and given to the horses to kill botts.The dandelion is eaten raw, and it is good for the blood. The herbs that grow where land is bad are whins, coltsfoot, thistles and docks.The herbs that grow where land is good are rag weeds and dandelion. Docks are used for taking out stings of nettles. Nettle roots are boiled and the juice given to children who have measles. Burdock roots are used as a cure for a swollen neck.

land. Rushes are found only in poor land.
Some herbs have medicinal properties namely nettles, coltsfoot and dandelion. The water of boiled nettles brings out the spots on a person with measles coltsfoot and dandelion clean the blood.
There are no traditions connected with any herb or plant explaining why its flower has a certain colour, why its root is shaped as it is, or why it is small.
Nettles are used as food for young turkeys. Herbs were used extensively as a cure in former times. The poor people used them as cures. People were relieved and cures by this means. Written by Henry Fuller, Hall Street, Ballybay.

Herbs.The most harmful weeds which grow on our farm at home are nettles, coltsfoot, buttercups, rgwort (beenweeds) thistles whins and rushs, ox eye daisies, dandelions, preshaugh or charlock and scutchgrass and dockins, day nettles and chicken weed, robin-run-the-hedge, yarrow, burdocks, seven sisters, sperry, redshark, soologs, biolar or watercress, mares tails, cuckoo flower and blackheads and grounsel and bishop weed. Other herbs are: - mouse peas or wild vetches, bog bean which always grows in a wet marshy place, mushrooms, corn flowers, Goats beards, gilgowans or [?], silverweed, pimpernel and wee folks' thimbles or fairy fingers.
Ragwort or ragweed's or benweeds will only grow where land is good. Coltsfoot, preshaugh and buttercups and clover, will grow only when the land is very good. Rushes are found in poor land and also thistles and "sperry".
Boiled dandelion leaves and boiled bog bean are excellent blood tonics. Nettles are cut fine and put on soup as a cure for measles. Garlic bulbs are cut in to halves and one of the halves placed in each boot or shoe as a cure for whooping cough. Garlic boiled in sweet milk is a cure for common colds. The leaves of dockings are used to cure nettle stings. They are vigorously rubbed over the place which was stung. The blossoms of red clover brewed in boiling water gives relief from pain in cases of cancer

Bindweed, Buttercup, chickweed, Coltsfoot, Cauch grass or scutch, Dandelion, Dock Moss, nettle, scarlet pimpernel, Thistle, Prasaugh, Groundsel.The most rapidly spreading of above weeds are :- Bindweed, Chickweed, Coltsfoot, scutch, Dock, Prasaugh and Thistle.Prasaugh is a terrible pest in the oat crop, but there is a quick remedy now for destroying it, by spraying is with blue stone at the proper time. Herbs.Comfrey, large rough leaves, Grows a tall flower spike which throw out a lot of ball shaped seed pods, these balls are covered with needle shaped spines and have the habit of sticking to clothing, sheeps wool or anything which comes in contact with them, they are called, Conaudauns in Irish. Comfrey likes a cool moist soil. Its roots when pounded up makes a sticking mass and used to be used by the old people with splints for setting broken legs of ducks, geese, etc.Docks will grow almost anywhere except in wet land. The leaves used to be pulled and boiled formerly and given to pigs and fowl. They say there is a

people all know that they should rub the affected part with dock lead and strange both it is remarked grow side by side. Dock is a very useful herb and it is so called from the colour of its roots which is the most valuable part of the plant. It is used for hemorrhage of the lungs. The best way of using it as a remedy is, wash roots and boil half a pound of the powdered root in a pint of golden syrup. This can then be taken in teaspoonful doses. It is also used in liver complaints and is a mild laxative.Marshmallow
Marshmallow is a nice herb with purple flowers and dark green leaves. The crushed roots will draw out inflammation from boils or wounds when other things fail and it is called Mortification Herb by most country people and when the leaves are brewed (like tea) it is known to cure the most obstinate cough.Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot, a little of the dried leaves put on a plate and lighted will gradually smoulder away and the smoke inhaled

1. Stinging Nettle is a cure used as a herb for a rash known as a nettle rash
2. Yellow Docke. the root is boiled and is a good cure for rheumatism.
3. Coltsfoot is an excellent cure for coughs and colds. A little coltsfoot put on a plate and lighted will smoulder away, and the smoe inhaled is a wonderful cure for sore and inflamed throat
4 Linseed used as a cough mixture. When ground it is a good poultive. Oil extracted from it is good for burns.
5. Fern Root is used for the expulsion of tape worm.
6. Mistletoe for St Vitus dance.
7. Iceland Moss - when boiled is very good for bronchitis and

The most harmful weeds that are found in this district in our vegetable gardens are dockleaves, nettles, chickweed, buacalláin, thistles and coltsffoot. The deep rooted ones are the nettles, dockleaves, buachalláins and thistles: they make the soil poor. The chickweed and coltsfoot are harmful; they spread quickly and prevent plants from growing near them. The herbs that have medicine properties are the dandelion. It is boiled and people drink it for medicine. The roots of ferns are for rheumatism they are boiled and eaten. Garlic is given to cattle as a cure for worms. Chickweed is for people as a cure for a sore neck. The marsh-mallow

There are several weeds which destroy the crop such as bráisce which grows in oats. It has a very long stem and a yellow flower on the stem. There is another bad weed called the coltsfoot. There is a short stem on this weed and a leaf in the shape of a horse's hoof.
The Garlic is a good herb. It is crushed and given to calves before they get milk. It is a cure

There are a lot of herbs or weeds which possess cures if it were known how to prepare them. Others are very harmful and some are even poisonous. Charlock is one of the worst weeds the farmer has to contend with as once it gets a hold in a garden it covers the whole place. Thistles also are a nuisance and hard to banish and dock leaves and ferns are deep rooted and very hard to get rid of. However there are a great many herbs having all there own cures. Dandelion is good for kidney and liver disorders. Coltsfoot is a popular remedy for cough. Black currants are good for asthma. Ivy is good

Herbs and WeedsThe most harmful weeds growing in our garden are nettles, dandelions, dockens (dock leaf), groundsel, scutch, poppy, silver weed, chicken weed, farrowban, thistle, coltsfoot, mullen and hemlock.The dandelion, groundsel, and thistle spread rapidly because when the seeds of these plants are ripe they are scattered everywhere by the wind.
The farrowban is a weed which spreads very quickly. It has long red runners or shoots and is exactly like a wild strawberry plant. The chickenweed and scutch spread rapidly too.
Nettles were often used long ago instead of cabbage. Young spring nettles mixed with gruel or thin porridge was eaten long ago on "black" fast days.
Groundsel is often given to birds instead of seed. The poppy is a poisonous weed because a drug (opium) is got from it.
Hemlock is poisonous to all animals except goats. Mullen plant is a very rare plant with soft silky leaves and it was used as a poultice long ago.
The coltsfoot is a plant with yellow flowers. In this plant there is a cure for coughs and chest complaints. Young nettles when boiled are said to be very good for purifying the blood.
A dock leaf is supposed to take the sting of an nettle