SC - Spices

[Decker, Terry D.]

>I'm hoping someone can tell me what the two below spices are.  The 
>receipe that I'm looking at is medicinal in nature and specifies:
>
>Pellitory of Spain, the weight of half a groat and Spegall.
>
>Phyllis L. Spurr
>Eowyn ferch Rhys Cyfurdd
>Barony of Elfsea, Ansteorra

A mid-1930's Webster's gives pellitory as:

Pellitory, a corruption of L. parietaria, the wall plant.
Any plant of the genus Parietaria; hammerwort.
Feverfew.
Bastard peillitory; sneezewort.

Nothing on spegall

Bon Chance 
Bear

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