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1. Folkard, Richard. Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London. 1884
2. Watts, DC. Dictionary of Plant Lore. Elsevier Science eBook. 2007 3.Parthasarasy,RandDurkin,D.PotatoPower!http://cosmology.berkeley. edu/Education/DEMOS/Potato_Power/Home.html accessed11/10/2020 4. “potato, v. 1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, November 2020 5. “carrot, v. 1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, November 2020 6. “cranberry, n. 1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, November 2020
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consisted in a previous fast, in not looking back during the time of their plucking it, and lastly in usingtheirlefthandonly.”1 “Cranberry”appeared in English relatively recently, from the German. Herbalists and cooks of earlier times would have known them as marsh-worts, fen-worts, fen-berries, marsh-berries, and moss-berries.6 Some of these are obviously more appetizing than others. Pass the Fenwort sauce!
If you’re still reading, I’ll close with beans. Perhaps you enjoy green bean casserole. If so, you should know that if an expectant mother in the 17th century were to “chance to partake too bountifully of Onions, Beans, or similar vaporous vegetable food, she was warned that her offspring would be a fool, and possibly even a lunatic.”1 Meanwhile, coriander would make the child a genius. Fad diets aren’t a modern invention!
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