R: The Seven Herbs of the Druid's

I have been debating for some time on how to do the Druid aspects of this blog.
The goal here for issues of  Druidic usage in the past is not to just parrot the many modern Authors and blogs. We can all (well I can not afford it, LOL) buy tons of modern books and courese. But to find the root sources of such beliefs and share them along with links to these older books and MSSS.

So in a blog like this, I will let the Author's excellent work stand alone and just add links to new blogs (R: Druid's ancient usage of Herb-X)

1)  Clover Trifolium sp.

2) Henbane Hyoscyamus niger

3) Mistletoe Viscum album, European mistletoe, common mistletoe or simply as mistletoe (Old English mistle). Also called Allheal or Golden Bough.

Druidical priests assembled in a large body

outside the dwellings of their people, and set up

the shout of Nuadh-iiile-iceadli ! Nuadh-uile

iccadh ! New All-heal ! New All-heal !

A curious and particular account of this

ceremony of the All-heal is given by theLatin writer, Pliny, in the 1 6th Book and 44th chapter of his Natural History.

Ref. Page 87-88 An Essay on the Druids, the Ancient Churches and the Round Towers of Ireland (1871) By Richard Smiddy

4) Monkshood Aconitum variegatum

5) Pasque-Flower Pulsatilla vulgari

6) Primrose Primula vulgaris

7) Vervain. Verbena officinalis

From: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Volume 89 December 1996

>>The Ancient Briton knew much about plants
but unhappily the uses became linked with magical rites. For
the Druid priest-healers the seven 'sacred' herbs were clover,
henbane, mistletoe, monkshood, pasque-flower, primrose and
vervain. This herbal knowledge may go back further than
has been thought.<<

Ref. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1296042


Druid Books we often Reference:
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