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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"There
came
three
angels
out
of
the
east,
One
brought
fire
and
two
brought
frost;
Out
fire
and
in
frost,
In
the
name
of
the
Father,
Son,
and
Holy
Ghost."
Of
the
thousand
and
one
plants
used
in
popular
folk-medicine
we
can
but
give
a
few
illustrations,
so
numerous
are
these
old
cures
for
the
ills
to
which
flesh
is
heir.
Thus,
for
deafness,
the
juice
of
onion
has
been
long
recommended,
and
for
chilblains,
a
Derbyshire
cure
is
to
thrash
them
with
holly,
while
in
some
places
the
juice
of
the
leek
mixed
with
cream
is
held
in
repute.
To
exterminate
warts
a
host
of
plants
have
been
recommended;
the
juice
of
the
dandelion
being
in
favour
in
the
Midland
counties,
whereas
in
the
North,
one
has
but
to
hang
a
snail
on
a
thorn,
and
as
the
poor
creature
wastes
away
the
warts
will
disappear.
In
Leicestershire
the
ash
is
employed,
and
in
many
places
the
elder
is
considered
efficacious.
Another
old
remedy
is
to
prick
the
wart
with
a
gooseberry
thorn
passed
through
a
wedding-ring;
and
according
to
a
Cornish
belief,
the
first
blackberry
seen
will
banish
warts.
Watercress
laid
against
warts
was
formerly
said
to
drive
them
away.
A
rustic
specific
for
whooping-cough
in
Hampshire
is
to
drink
new
milk
out
of
a
cup
made
of
the
variegated
holly;
while
in
Sussex
the
excrescence
found
on
the
briar,
and
popularly
known
as
"robin
red-breast's
cushion,"
is
in
demand.
In
consumption
and
diseases
of
the
lungs,
St.
Fabian's
nettle,
the
crocus,
the
betony,
and
horehound,
have
long
been
in
request,
and
sea-southern-wood
or
mugwort,
occasionally
corrupted
into
"muggons,"
was
once
a
favourite
prescription
in
Scotland.
A
charming
girl,
whom
consumption
had
brought
to
the
brink
of
the
grave,
was
lamented
by
her
lover,
whereupon
a
good-natured
mermaid
sang
to
him:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
