Dictionary of Plant Lore by D.C. Watts

Author:D.C. Watts [Watts, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-0-08-054602-5
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 2007-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

LOUSEWORT

(Pedicularis sylvatica) Not because it can deal with lice, but because, so it was thought, causes them. “It filleth sheep and other cattell that feed in medowes where this groweth, full of lice”, according to Gerard, but it is a belief still current.

LOTUS TREE

(Zizyphus spina-christi) A small tree from the Near east and eastwards into India. This is a sacred plant, often used to mark boundaries between lands of different villages. Some believe that the hedge surrounding Paradise is made of this. When a Lotus-tree reaches the age of 40 years, it often becomes the abode of some dead saint, so it is therefore a dangerous thing to cut down an old tree (Hanauer).

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