[Herbalist] : Vegetable sheep _What are they?

[Jenne Heise]

> MY next Question -Vegetable Sheep apparently a myth
> like Barnacle Geese and Beavers being fish and
> therefore permissable lenten feast food
>
> Reference to Gerard
>

Do you want more references or are you looking for more information? My personal speculation
is that the vegetable sheep was based on a very muddled account of cotton growing in Egypt.

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