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■etymology from feannta, flayed, pierced, pinched— -feann, to flay, 

 on account of its blistering effects on the skin ; ang, a sting ; 

 iongna, nails). Latin: ungues. "Original sense — 'scratched or 

 'stinger.'"— (Skeat.) 



'• Sealbhaichidh an ionntagach iad." — Hosea ix. 6. 

 The nettles shall possess them. 

 " CmmAhfeanntag 's a' gharadh 



'N uair thig faillinn 'san ros."— Dr. Maclachlan, Rahoy. 



Nettles grow in the garden 



While the roses decay. 

 To this day it is boiled in the Highlands and in Ireland by the 

 country people in the spring-time. Till tea became the fashion, 

 nettles were boiled in meal, and made capital food. Caol-fail — 

 ■caol, slender ; fal, spite, malice. In the Hebridies often called 

 sradag (a spark), from the sensation (like that from a fiery spark) 

 consequent upon touching (Stuart). Loiteag, from Ibt, a wound ; 

 loisneack, from loscadh, burning. Manx : undaagach. Welsh : 

 danadlen. " The nettle was employed in the Isle of Man for 

 restoring circulation by heating the skin." — (Moore.) Camden 

 says "that the Romans cultivated nettles, when in Britain, in 

 order to rub their benumbed limbs with them, on account of the 

 intense cold they suffered when in Britain." 



Cannabis sativa — Hemp. Gaelic and Irish : caineab, the same 

 as cannabis, and said to be originally derived from Celtic, can, 

 white : but the plant has been known to the Arabs from time 

 immemorial under the name of quaneb. Corcach, hemp. 

 "Buill de' n chaol chorcaidh." — Macdonald. 

 Tackling of hempen ropes. 

 Welsh : cynarch. 



Parietaria officinalis — Wall pellitory. Gaelic and Irish : his a? 

 bhallaidh, from balladh (Latin : vallum; Irish : balld), a wall. A 

 weed which is frequently found on or beside old walls or rubbish 

 heaps, hence the generic name " parietaria,'' from paries, a wall. 

 Irish : mionntas chaisil {caisiol, any stone building), the wall-mint. 

 For mionntas, see Mentha. Manx : yn ouw creggach, the rocky 

 weed. Used as a cure for heart disease. 



Humulus lupulus — Hop. Gaelic and Irish : lus an Jeanna — 

 lionn-luibh, the ale or beer plant. Lionn, leann (Welsh : Ihyn). 

 Manx : lus y lionney (the same meaning). 



