Plants
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Note entitled 'The blessed bramble', 1894
Note entitled 'The blessed bramble' noting the tradition that Christ used a bramble branch to hit the donkey he rode and querying its veracity.
Note on Achlasan C[haluim]-Chille, 28 October 1872
Note on 'Foineachun' [foinneachan], 28 October 1872
Note on 'Foineachun' [foinneachan or warts] probably collected from Archibald Currie, aged forty-six, shoemaker, Iocar [Ìochdar], Uibhist a Deas/South Uist describing how an old woman in Bornish [Bornais] cured her warts using straws and multiples of nine so that there were eighty-one [straws] for each wart. These were buried in a pit until they withered and the warts were gone. The text is unclear in its meaning.
Note on plants, 1891
Note on the plant fionn-faoilteach which 'is pulled and carried to the ceart court and which ensures victory'.
Note that juniper berries are 'successful for epilepsy', September
Note that juniper berries are 'successful for epilepsy'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note which reads 'Dyes - Alder bark Roid (bog myrtle) brambles', 1884
Note which reads 'Dyes - Alder bark Roid (bog myrtle) brambles'
Notes about the origins of the Patons in Uist [Uibhist] and cures, 3 February 1874
Note about the origins of the Patons [or Beatons] in Uist [Uibhist] that they are descended from the Olla[mh] Ileach [Ollamh Ìleach], a celebrated herbalist, who lived at Dallabrog [Dalabrog/Daliburgh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. It notes that 'The cuillion [holly] that he bro[ugh]t is good for cleibh druim', that am maraich [scurvy grass] could be found in cairns on the Strand and that the best water for boiling plants was in Geary heille [Geàrraidh Sheilidh/Garryhellie].
Notes about the plants lus-mor [spearwort] and lus an acrais [hunger plant], 12 September 1890
Notes about the plants lus-mor [lus-mòr or spearwort] and lus an acrais [hunger plant] that the former is applied to greim lòin [lumbago or rheumatism] as can the fliodh Moire [marsh chickweed]. It is unlucky to come across the latter as it causes a person to be hungry. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
Notes and sayings connected to decision-making, c1868
Notes on archaeology on Isle of Barra, September 1872
Notes on archaeology on Isle of Barra [Barraigh] including that tree roots and nuts are in the peatmoss there and that there are no submarine buildings. He also mentions pollagan [primitive handmills] being found near Allasdale [Allathasdal].