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The Folk-lore of Plants
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T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Furthermore,
we
are
told
of
the
West
Indian
tribes,
how,
if
any
person
going
through
a
wood
perceived
a
motion
in
the
trees
which
he
regarded
as
supernatural,
frightened
at
the
prodigy,
he
would
address
himself
to
that
tree
which
shook
the
most.
But
such
trees,
however,
did
not
condescend
to
converse,
but
ordered
him
to
go
to
a
boie,
or
priest,
who
would
order
him
to
sacrifice
to
their
new
deity.[25]
From
the
same
source
we
also
learn[26]
how
among
savage
tribes
those
plants
that
produce
great
terrors,
excitement,
or
a
lethargic
state,
are
supposed
to
contain
a
supernatural
being.
Hence
in
Peru,
tobacco
is
known
as
the
sacred
herb,
and
from
its
invigorating
effect
superstitious
veneration
is
paid
to
the
weed.
Many
other
plants
have
similar
respect
shown
to
them,
and
are
used
as
talismans.
Poisonous
plants,
again,
from
their
deadly
properties,
have
been
held
in
the
same
repute;[27]
and
it
is
a
very
common
practice
among
American
Indians
to
hang
a
small
bag
containing
poisonous
herbs
around
the
neck
of
a
child,
"as
a
talisman
against
diseases
or
attacks
from
wild
beasts."
It
is
commonly
supposed
that
a
child
so
protected
is
proof
against
every
hurtful
influence,
from
the
fact
of
its
being
under
the
protection
of
the
special
spirits
associated
with
the
plant
it
wears.
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