The names of the weeds most common in our district are ÷ Bishop weed, Nettle weed, Docken weed; Thistle weed; Dandelion and Crowfoot. The bishop weed is the worst, because it smothers and sometimes kills the plants when it gets into the garden. There are cures in some of the weeds such as ÷ The roots of the nettle have a cure for the measles; The docken has a cure for a sting from the nettle; The dandelion is, according to the old fables, supposed to tell the time of day.
The sting of a nettle is very very painful. It causes white dots to appear on the infected part of the skin. The people of Ireland long ago, when would get stiong by a nettle, used to get a docken leaf and rub the infected part with the juice of the stem, saying while doing so, "Docken, docken, cure a nettle, take the sting away and throw it across the Red Sea. This they said three times and then fastened it to the infected part until the sting went.

There are many kinds of herbs such as the Dandelion and the nettle and several others which are used for many purposes. The nettle is given to young ducks and turkeys as it is very good food. The milk of the Dandelion is a very good cure for warts. The dandelion is used in every medicine, it is also used for making wine. The dandelion has a big leaf because it has a big name.There is a herb called the garr it kills sheep if they eat it as it is all poisoin. The garlic plant has a cure for a bad cold. The onion plant is like the garlic plant. The skin's of onions and the moss of a rock and the moss of a tree when mixed to-gether can dye-clothes. There is a little red plant and when boiled it is a cure for a horse that has a cough. Long ago the old people used the dock-leaf as a cure for a sting from a nettle. There is also a cure in the nettle for a sore back If a person get the roots of the nettle and wash them very clean, then boil them and drink the juice.

way to make the cure is to put the dockans to the burn and say "nettle nettle burn dockan dockan cure.

and rub it to the sting and say docken in and nettle out and in a few minutes the sting is gone. There are a lot of cures in the nettle. Nettle tea is a cure for measles. The tea is got by boiling the nettles and the sick person drinks the water in which they are boiled and from that on they are mending. The nettle is the chief food for young turkeys. The nettle leaves are boiled and given to the turkeys to prevent a disease called the pip which the turkeys take when they are young.The thistle is a big tall strong weed with big thorns on it.It grows in the

Cure of a sting of a nettle.
If a person gets the sting of a nettle, take the sap out of the stem or a leaf of a "Dockin" and say put it on the sting and say "Docken, docken cure the sting of the nettle or Dockin ina and nettle out."

The docken, the rush, the nettle, the thistle, the whin, the long shanks and the "Bohalain" are the most harmful weeds growing on our farm at home. The docken and the rush are harmful because they spread rapidly and they impoverish the soil. The docken and the whin grow only where land is good. The rush, the nettle, the thistle, the long shanks and the "Bohalian" grow in bad land. Some of those have medicinal properties. The docken is good is for the sting of a bee a wasp or a nettle. The juice of a nettle is good for the measels. This drink is given to the patient and helps him to get well. The juice of the dandelion is good for stomack troubles.

The Docken, Rush, Nettle, Thistle, Whin, Long shanks and the "Bohalain" are the most harmful weeds growing on our farm at home. The Docken, Rush, and Whin spread rapidly. The Docken, Rush, Nettle, Thistle, Long-shanks, and the "Bohalain" impoverish the soil. The Whin makes the land good. The Whin, Docken, Nettle, Thistle, Long-shanks and the Bohalain grow on good land. The rush grows on bad land. The Docken-juice has a cure for the sting of a nettle, wasp and bee. The juice of a nettle is good for the measles. The danelion is used for stomach troubles. Dande-lion is used for feed pigs and it cures certain disease in people. It is able to cure stomach troubles also. Nettles are sometimes used for food for people. Moss is used for dyeing purposes. Doctors used herbs as medicine long ago. Herbs were used extensively to cure diseases in former times. Sufferers were relieved and cured by means of herbs.

The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are dock-weed, thistle, nettle, robin run the hedge, red shan[?] pepperment, the latter is very harmful to the crop and its roots grows through the potatoes. The nettle and pepperment are used as medecinal herbs. The nettle is good for the blood if boiled and drank in March. The pepperment is a useful herb for head-ache and stomach if made of tea of. Docks are cut up and given to pigs.

The dock leaf is used for curing the sting of the nettle.

The nettle is used as a substitute for cabbage to be boiled with meat.

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nettle, and the caisearbán. The dandelion was used as a cure for a sore throat or a cold. It was boiled and the juice was mixed with milk and drank. The dockleaf was used as a cure for a burn of a nettle. The nettle may be used as food for hens, ducks and pigs. The ivy was used long ago for dying cloth. It was boiled, and the juice was rubbed to the cloth when it was cold. The dockleaf, the nettle, the caisearbán, and the dandelion are coloured green.

To soothe nettle stings rub a Dockin Leaf on the part of

the nettle.

the sting of nettle out.

Rub a Docken Leaf and say “Nettle, nettle sting. Docken Docken cure.”

35. For nettle sting, iodine (ditto).

6. Bees use white nettle fox glove Rhododendrompare

Sting of Nettles Dock-leaf - saying Dockety, Dockety, take the sting of a nettle away.