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that the plant is good for weak eyes ; just as now and 

 then, though very rarely, a cottager may be seen 

 gathering nettles and dandelions for the purpose of 

 making tea. This occasional use of "harb-tay " seems 

 to be the last vestige of a belief in simples which was 

 once universal among our forefathers. 



