Ireland's Wild Plants by Niall Mac Coitir

Ireland's Wild Plants by Niall Mac CoitirIn ancient Ireland there were 365 different body parts, and a different plant to cure each part. So Ireland's wild plants have been part of our culture and folklore from the earliest times, featuring in the Brehon Laws, early Irish poetry and herbal medicine. To carry a four leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow means a girl will dream of her future husband. Here the plants are described in seasonal order,

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