Nettle: Three Nettles in May Keeps All Diseases Away
“To this day it (nettle) is boiled in the Highlands and in Ireland by the country people in the spring-time. Till tea became the fashion,…
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Belladonna: The Beautiful Yet Deadly Nightshade
“Belladonna… Extract of: This preparation is made strictly according to the official method, but is standardised to contain 1 per cent of total alkaloid.” H.S.…
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Lemon Balm: A Beekeeper’s Dream
“And balm-breathing, faint mignonett, Oh! the cool-flowing, gentle Blackwater, And beams that light up its dark side, As it flows o’er the low meadow-inches, The…
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Comfrey: The Bone Knitting Herb
“The great Comfrey or consound, though it was official with us down to the middle of the eighteenth century, never had a very prominent place…
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Meadowsweet: The Belt of Cù Chulainn
“Aye,” said Math, “let us seek, thou and I, by our magic and enchantment to conjure a wife for him out of flowers”…And then they…
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Watermint: Medicine of the Sacred Waters
“When Summer strews its cloak of hues, Then the dells, Yield earth nuts, mint and marjoram And fragrant smells.” George Sigerson, Bards of Gaeilge, 1925…
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Elderberry: Queen of the Herbs
“It is said by the wise women and fairy doctors that the roots of the elder tree, and the roots of an apple tree that…
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The Oak: King of the Forest
“I will be a giant oak in every ford and in every pass you will cross and the mark of my axe will remain in…
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Brigid’s Beloved Dandelion
“A hoop from three to four inches diameter was made of milkwort, butterwort, dandelion and marigold. This was bound with a triple cord of lint…
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Yarrow of the Seven Cures
“Herbs gathered on May Eve have a mystical and strong virtue for curing disease; and powerful potions are made then by the skilful herb women…
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Meadowsweet: The Belt of Cù Chulainn
“Aye,” said Math, “let us seek, thou and I, by our magic and enchantment to conjure a wife for him out of flowers”…And then they…
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The Ivy Cottages 