Armeria
maritima- Thrift
 Common
names
Thrift, Heugh daisy
Gaelic names: neoinean cladaich (shore daisy)
‘Heugh daisy’ is a local Scots and Northern name, derived
from heugh, meaning a cliff or ravine, close to which this plant
often grows.
Uses in Scotland
Sea pink is used for basketry, the stems being woven
when fresh. Its roots, when ground and worn in a bag around the neck,
used to be used as part of a traditional cure for an affliction of children
on Tiree called barr a chin. The symptoms of the illness were
general listlessness and malaise, and tended to follow a bad shock.
References
Personal communication: Dear, Caroline; Holliday,
J.
Beith, M. (1995). Healing threads. Polygon, Edinburgh.
Mabey, R. (1996). Flora Britannica. Sinclair-Stevenson, London.
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