HERB - Re: Plant superstitions was Re: Concerning rosemary: (was Re: HERB - lavender)

[Jenne Heise]

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Darlene Vandever wrote:
> M'Lady,  That is a tall order for me.  I have a  number of books and sources
> concerning folk tales and superstitions and outright magic.  My favorite is
> "GardenSpells:  The Magic of Herbs, Trees and Flowers" by Claire Nahmad.  It is
> a collection of Victorian garden "magic" and superstitions but I suspect the
> roots go back much further into the periods we are interested in. 

I'm very fond of this book myself, but I'm not sure how much of the 'lore'
in it is idiosyncratic to the author, how much she made up, and how much
is 'real'. There are some books that address the folklore of herbs, but
*curses* I don't have my books where my computer access is.

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa (Shire of Eisental), mka Jennifer Heise	
jenne at tulgey.browser.net

"in verbis et in herbis, et in lapidibus sunt virtutes"

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