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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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In
Hungary,
the
burnet
saxifrage
(Pimpinella
saxifraga)
is
a
mystic
plant,
where
it
is
popularly
nicknamed
Chaba's
salve,
there
being
an
old
tradition
that
it
was
discovered
by
King
Chaba,
who
cured
the
wounds
of
fifteen
thousand
of
his
men
after
a
bloody
battle
fought
against
his
brother.
In
Hesse,
it
is
said
that
with
knots
tied
in
willow
one
may
slay
a
distant
enemy;
and
the
Bohemians
have
a
belief
that
seven-year-old
children
will
become
beautiful
by
dancing
in
the
flax.
But
many
superstitions
have
clustered
round
the
latter
plant,
it
having
in
years
gone
by
been
a
popular
notion
that
it
will
only
flower
at
the
time
of
day
on
which
it
was
originally
sown.
To
spin
on
Saturday
is
said
in
Germany
to
bring
ill
fortune,
and
as
a
warning
the
following
legend
is
among
the
household
tales
of
the
peasantry:--"Two
old
women,
good
friends,
were
the
most
industrious
spinners
in
their
village,
Saturday
finding
them
as
engrossed
in
their
work
as
on
the
other
days
of
the
week.
At
length
one
of
them
died,
but
on
the
Saturday
evening
following
she
appeared
to
the
other,
who,
as
usual,
was
busy
at
her
wheel,
and
showing
her
burning
hand,
said:--
'See
what
I
in
hell
have
won,
Because
on
Saturday
eve
I
spun.'"
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