Herba Mythica

in folklore she speaks

Nails curve into talons

Everything held inside she lets out.

Mis peers over the rail

Today, there is just the slap of wavelets

Out in the bay

salves, ointments and dressings.

The well was filled with clean water, carefully selected herbs and potions, including Agrimony, Comfrey, Mallow, Nettle, Deadnettle, Plantain, Rosebay, Self-Heal and Yarrow. There, the imposing physician presided over his two faithful apprentices.

‘It was I who saved Ireland from a terrible plague!

I swiftly removed three venomous snakes from its heart, burned them and banished their poisonous ashes to the river. This saved the land from pestilence but made the waters boil