HERB - Herb Class Help Needed

[sunshinegirl]

Don't forget Lavendar.  It was used in cooking, esp chicken dishes.  Queen
Elizabeth ate a Lavendar flower preserve almost every day.  It was used as
a wound disinfectant up until WW1.  Research currently indicates that a
sachet in your pillow helps insomnia, is calming, and smells great!!  and
more.

Melandra of the Woods, who knows she must be virtuous (according to the
legend) because she grew lavendar and rosemary next to each other in
Caid...

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> From: Christine A Seelye-King <mermayde at juno.com>
> To: herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: HERB - Herb Class Help Needed
> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:46 AM
> 
>  Ok, gang, I have a class I need to put together, and I thought I would
> run it by you to get some input.  I have been asked to teach a class at
> basically 3 different events coming up (the first time is this weekend, I
> know, and yes, I usually do procrastinate like this :p).  The first event
> is a Cooking Event,  the second one is a local group's event, and they
> want  'something different', and the third is a lecture to a bunch of Cub
> Scouts and Weebelos at a jamboree.  The Scouts have a theme of survival
> in the wilderness, and will have someone talking about edible plants. 
> They have asked me (or rather, a protege of mine who is involved has
> asked me) to do a 20 minute or so talk on herbal medicine in the Middle
> Ages (I guess the SCA is helping out, and working themselves into the
> wilderness theme).  
>  So, I am beginning to coalesce this idea for a class, that
> includes: Safe, edible plants;  used medicinally in the Middle Ages; 
> growing here in the New World as well.  With examples.  
>  Mint comes to mind right off.  Cover medieval uses, plant
> structure (recognizeable characteristics), and have a few sample stems to
> pass around.  
>   Chamomile.  Parsley.  Garlic.  Sage.  Rosemary.  (I'm doing this
> list off the top of my head, and will consult other resources, but, any
> other ideas?)
>  Now, talking to the Scouts will be easy, I can cover the stuff
> they will recognize easily.  I will need to get more in-depth for the SCA
> classes, and obviously, the restriction of it also growing here is not as
> important (although it would be nice to be able to get examples readily).
> 
>  Whew.  It helps just to put it all down and have it start to come
> together.  Any ideas will be helpful.  I will be checking my email
> tomorow quickly before I'm off for the weekend, but feel free to toss
> this one about, as I have 2 more chances to refine this one this Spring! 
> 
>  Thanks for letting me think out loud, and for all your great
> ideas in advance!
>  Mistress Christianna MacGrain
> 
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