Tansies originally always included tansy, a bitter-sweet herb which still lends its name to many custard and omelette-type puddings.
Living in a village forty miles west of Dublin, Tansy 's family find her yearning for freedom hard to understand.
Blue flag, snake root, ginseng, lobelia, tansy, wormwood, wintergreen, pleurisy root, plantain, burdock, sarsaparilla and horehound are among its medicinal plants.
Ashes particularly rich in potash are those of burning nettles, wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), fumitory (Fumaria officinalis), and tobacco.