MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

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was derived from the herbals (in which the plant was recommended for this
purpose) or folk sources; if the latter, disappointingly little evidence of those
has proved traceable, records of that use having been located only from
Devon,^13 Norfolk^14 and somewhere in Ulster.^15
The next most widely reported applications in Britain are for colds
(Devon,^16 Dorset (?),^17 Berwickshire^18 ) and cuts and wounds (Essex,^19 Nor-

Galium aparine, cleavers (Fuchs

1543, fig. 28)