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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Whose
roots
show
half
a
man,
whose
juice
With
madness
strikes."
Shakespeare
speaks
of
it
as
an
opiate,
and
on
the
Continent
it
was
much
used
for
amulets.
Again,
certain
plants
seem
to
have
been
specially
in
high
repute
in
olden
times
from
the
marvellous
influence
they
were
credited
with
exercising
over
the
human
frame;
consequently
they
were
much
valued
by
both
old
and
young;
for
who
would
not
retain
the
vigour
of
his
youth,
and
what
woman
would
not
desire
to
preserve
the
freshness
of
her
beauty?
One
of
the
special
virtues
of
rosemary,
for
instance,
was
its
ability
to
make
old
folks
young
again.
A
story
is
told
of
a
gouty
and
crooked
old
queen,
who
sighed
with
longing
regret
to
think
that
her
young
dancing-days
were
gone,
so:--
"Of
rosmaryn
she
took
six
pownde,
And
grounde
it
well
in
a
stownde,"
And
then
mixed
it
with
water,
in
which
she
bathed
three
times
a
day,
taking
care
to
anoint
her
head
with
"gode
balm"
afterwards.
In
a
very
short
time
her
old
flesh
fell
away,
and
she
became
so
young,
tender,
and
fresh,
that
she
began
to
look
out
for
a
husband.
[13]
The
common
fennel
(Foeniculum
vulgare)
was
supposed
to
give
strength
to
the
constitution,
and
was
regarded
as
highly
restorative.
Longfellow,
in
his
"Goblet
of
Life,"
apparently
alludes
to
our
fennel:--
"Above
the
lowly
plant
it
towers,
The
fennel,
with
its
yellow
flowers;
And
in
an
earlier
age
than
ours
Was
gifted
with
the
wondrous
powers
Lost
vision
to
restore.
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