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 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

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.

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

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 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.

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?

Herbs.

There are a lot of weeds growing on the farm at home. ragweeds, docks, dandelions whins and coltsfoot.

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.

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

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.

Bindweed, Buttercup, chickweed, Coltsfoot, Cauch grass or scutch, Dandelion, Dock Moss, nettle, scarlet pimpernel, Thistle, Prasaugh, Groundsel.

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 growing near my home are Benweeds, Chicken weed, Gilgowns, Praiseach, Coltsfoot, Yarr, Nettles, Thistles, Dock leaves, Pirrel, Sullugs, Ox-eye-daisies, Foxglove, Sheep [?] Birds-Foot-Trefoil, Yarrow, Horspipe[?], Groundsel, Redshanks, Cratac, Common Fumitory, Dandelion, Seven Sisters,
Some of the weeds spread rapidly and they are bad for the soil. Chicken weed spreads rapidly and destroys the potatoes. The yarr destroys the young turnips, Thistles and gilgowns are bad for the corn. Benweeds and

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

The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are - pirl, thistles, coltsfoot, dey nettles, ground yare and nettles.
These are all harmful because they spread rapidly and impoverish the soil.
Benweeds are supposed to grow on good land, and the old people say that they are very bad for horses to eat.
Geelgowans, pirl and redshanks are to be found on poor land.
A good cure for measles was believed to be - nettles stewed and the juice drank.
Chickenweed was used for sprains. It was put in boiling water, and when it was in the water a little while it was taken out and put round the sprain.
The leaves of coltsfoot burnt on coals and the fumes inhaled was believed to sure a cold.
If anybody got stung with a nettle they got a dock leaf and rubbed the sting with it and said "Dock in and nettle out."
a "dey nettle" sting is very dangerous and it may cause blood poison if it is not seen to in time.

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