The Gallows Curse by Karen Maitland

Author:Karen Maitland
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

7th Day after the Full Moon,

August 1211

Cuckoo pint — which some call Devil's prick, Bloody fingers, Angels and devils, Wake robin, Wild arum and Jack in the green. This is the plant we most loathe for its presumption. Unlike the mandrake that grows at the foot of the gallows, this weed claims to have sprung up at the foot of the Holy Cross, no less. Its dark leaves, so mortals claim, were spotted with red by the very Blood of Christ, whilst we may claim only the honest semen of dishonest men.

Further more, mortals declare it a certain remedy for poison. They say also that it brings down a woman's menses so that she might conceive even when she is past her child- bearing years and is a powerful love potion. And there is many a foolish mortal youth who before a feast or merry dance sings out, I place you in my shoe, let all fair maids be drawn to you.

Be not deceived, this Devil's prick is but a feeble shadow of what a mandrake can do.

The Mandrake's Herbal

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