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

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

Thus, my sniffing it for alertness, and whilst studying for  test and just
befor tests.
There's actually truth in this one.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jenne Heise <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Cc: Lynette K LaFontaine <LKLC at prodigy.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: HERB - Re: Plant superstitions was Re: Concerning rosemary:
(wasRe: HERB- lavender)
> Rosemary is also said to promote a sharp memory, especially for students
> (Rosemary, that's for remembrance); it's used as a symbol of fidelity in
> marriage customs and of memory in burial customs. Banckes' Herbal [1525]
> advises one to make a box of the rosemary wood, and 'Smell thereto, and it
> will keep thee youngly' or words to that effect.
>
> 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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