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Meanings of gathering herbs in English

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Usage of gathering herbs in English
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Some crawled about the meadows and forest, digging for roots and gathering herbs.
This Country of Ours
2
There's lots of stuff about gathering herbs and evading woodland spirits.
The Irish Times
3
He waved his hand, and betook himself again to his employment of gathering herbs.
The Scarlet Letter
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The old woman was gathering herbs on the rocky slope.
Laughter in the dark
5
In 1853, the last hermit there, Brother Antony Fassler, fell down the precipice whilst gathering herbs.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
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The father had hard work to support his children, but made what he could gathering herbs.
Italian Popular Tales
7
I heard your angry words as I was gathering herbs, and saw you fling your book away.
Small Means and Great Ends
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That was his day for gathering herbs.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
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She was an orphan, and lived with an old woman who got her living by gathering herbs.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. / A Monthly Ma...
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We were gathering herbs in the woods.
The hangman's daughter
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That it would be easier than digging roots and gathering herbs, so this man caught and ate slow-moving animals.
Dollars and Sense
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While Vasco da Gama was thus employed with his pilots, he observed behind a hill two negroes, apparently gathering herbs.
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
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I strove to see each simple task, whether the making of barley malt, gathering herbs or brining of meat, as she had.
Caleb's crossing
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John, on a bench by the window, was using the last light of an autumn day to make a basket for gathering herbs.
John of the Woods
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The next day, as they were still ascending the valley, they came upon two families of Snake Indians who were gathering herbs and roots.
Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
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While Dr. Lloyd deliberated how to proceed, an aged woman appeared in sight, with a basket on her arm, seemingly employed in gathering herbs.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
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