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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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It
gave
new
strength
and
fearless
mood,
And
gladiators,
fierce
and
rude,
Mingled
it
in
their
daily
food,
And
he
who
battled
and
subdued,
The
wreath
of
fennel
wore."
The
lady's-mantle,
too
(Alchemilla
vulgaris),
was
once
in
great
request,
for,
according
to
Hoffman,
it
had
the
power
of
"restoring
feminine
beauty,
however
faded,
to
its
early
freshness;"
and
the
wild
tansy
(Tanacetum
vulgare),
laid
to
soak
in
buttermilk
for
nine
days,
had
the
reputation
of
"making
the
complexion
very
fair."
[14]
Similarly,
also,
the
great
burnet
saxifrage
was
said
to
remove
freckles;
and
according
to
the
old
herbalists,
an
infusion
of
the
common
centaury
(Erythroea
centaurium)
possessed
the
same
property.
[15]
The
hawthorn,
too,
was
in
repute
among
the
fair
sex,
for,
according
to
an
old
piece
of
proverbial
lore:--
"The
fair
maid
who,
the
first
of
May,
Goes
to
the
fields
at
break
of
day,
And
washes
in
dew
from
the
hawthorn
tree,
Will
ever
after
handsome
be;"
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