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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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The
hound's-tongue
(cynoglossum)
has
been
reputed
to
have
the
magical
property
of
preventing
dogs
barking
at
a
person,
if
laid
beneath
the
feet;
and
Gerarde
says
that
wild
goats
or
deer,
"when
they
be
wounded
with
arrows,
do
shake
them
out
by
eating
of
this
plant,
and
heal
their
wounds."
Bacon
in
his
"Natural
History"
alludes
to
another
curious
idea
connected
with
goats,
and
says,
"There
are
some
tears
of
trees,
which
are
combed
from
the
beards
of
goats;
for
when
the
goats
bite
and
crop
them,
especially
in
the
morning,
the
dew
being
on,
the
tear
cometh
forth,
and
hangeth
upon
their
beards;
of
this
sort
is
some
kind
of
laudanum."
The
columbine
was
once
known
as
Herba
leonis,
from
a
belief
that
it
was
the
lion's
favourite
plant,
and
it
is
said
that
when
bears
were
half-starved
by
hybernating--having
remained
for
days
without
food--they
were
suddenly
restored
by
eating
the
arum.
There
is
a
curious
tradition
in
Piedmont,
that
if
a
hare
be
sprinkled
with
the
juice
of
henbane,
all
the
hares
in
the
neighbourhood
will
run
away
as
if
scared
by
some
invisible
power.
Gerarde
also
alludes
to
an
old
belief
that
cats,
"Are
much
delighted
with
catmint,
for
the
smell
of
it
is
so
pleasant
unto
them,
that
they
rub
themselves
upon
it,
and
swallow
or
tumble
in
it,
and
also
feed
on
the
branches
very
greedily."
And
according
to
an
old
proverb
they
have
a
liking
for
the
plant
maram:--
"If
you
set
it,
the
cats
will
eat
it;
If
you
sow
it,
the
cats
won't
know
it."
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