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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Again,
presumably
on
the
doctrine
of
signatures,
the
connection
between
roses
and
blood
is
very
curious.
Thus
in
France,
Germany,
and
Italy
it
is
a
popular
notion
that
if
one
is
desirous
of
having
ruddy
cheeks,
he
must
bury
a
drop
of
his
blood
under
a
rose-bush.
[15]
As
a
charm
against
haemorrhage
of
every
kind,
the
rose
has
long
been
a
favourite
remedy
in
Germany,
and
in
Westphalia
the
following
formula
is
employed:
"Abek,
Wabek,
Fabek;
in
Christ's
garden
stand
three
red
roses--one
for
the
good
God,
the
other
for
God's
blood,
the
third
for
the
angel
Gabriel:
blood,
I
pray
you,
cease
to
flow."
Another
version
of
this
charm
is
the
following
[16]:--"On
the
head
of
our
Lord
God
there
bloom
three
roses:
the
first
is
His
virtue,
the
second
is
His
youth,
the
third
is
His
will.
Blood,
stand
thou
in
the
wound
still,
so
that
thou
neither
sore
nor
abscess
givest."
Turning
to
some
of
the
numerous
plants
which
on
the
doctrine
of
signatures
were
formerly
used
as
specifics
from
a
fancied
resemblance,
in
the
shape
of
the
root,
leaf,
or
fruit,
to
any
particular
part
of
the
human
body,
we
are
confronted
with
a
list
adapted
for
most
of
the
ills
to
which
the
flesh
is
heir.
[17]
Thus,
the
walnut
was
regarded
as
clearly
good
for
mental
cases
from
its
bearing
the
signature
of
the
whole
head;
the
outward
green
cortex
answering
to
the
pericranium,
the
harder
shell
within
representing
the
skull,
and
the
kernel
in
its
figure
resembling
the
cover
of
the
brain.
On
this
account
the
outside
shell
was
considered
good
for
wounds
of
the
head,
whilst
the
bark
of
the
tree
was
regarded
as
a
sovereign
remedy
for
the
ringworm.
[18]
Its
leaves,
too,
when
bruised
and
moistened
with
vinegar
were
used
for
ear-ache.
For
scrofulous
glands,
the
knotty
tubers
attached
to
the
kernel-wort
(Scrophularia
nodosa)
have
been
considered
efficacious.
The
pith
of
the
elder,
when
pressed
with
the
fingers,
"doth
pit
and
receive
the
impress
of
them
thereon,
as
the
legs
and
feet
of
dropsical
persons
do,"
Therefore
the
juice
of
this
tree
was
reckoned
a
cure
for
dropsy.
Our
Lady's
thistle
(Cardmis
Marianus),
from
its
numerous
prickles,
was
recommended
for
stitches
of
the
side;
and
nettle-tea
is
still
a
common
remedy
with
many
of
our
peasantry
for
nettle-rash.
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