Thyme foklore and history
Maureen
1933 is still in print and has great folklore and medival information.
Check it out. It may even be available on the net.
Green Darner <jmm...@mail.cswnet.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any information on folklore of thyme or how thyme has
been
> used throughout history (especially medival times)? I am preparing a
> workshop on growing and cooking with thyme and would like some background
> info to "spice" up my demonstration. Thanks in advance.
> Green Darner
>
>
Green Darner
Dixie Wilson
body and add to the bath, and was considered a symbol of courage, style and
elegance. as an incense and fumigant, faggots of thyme were burned in
temples and other public places. the association with courage was stong in
northern europe at the time of the crusades, when ladies embroidered a bee
with a sprig of thyme on the scarves of their knights as a badge of bravery.
the 16th century herbalists gave long lists of ailments to be treated with
thyme, recommending it's use for 'wambling and gripings of the bellie', to
'stayeth the hicket', and to 'helpeth against the biting of any venomous
beast' as well as 'a certain remedy for that troublesome complaint, the
nightmare'."
from "The Complete Book of Herbs and Spices", Sarah Garland
hope this helps
dixie
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.Nisaba Merrieweather
Green Darner wrote in message <7norce$1ej3$1...@news.csw.net>...
>Does anyone have any information on folklore of thyme or how thyme has been
>used throughout history (especially medival times
You might be interested in the English folk song, delight of herbalists:-
Come all ye fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your prime,
Beware beware, keep your garden fair,
Let no man steal your thyme,
Let no man steal your thyme.
A woman is a flowering tree
And man a clinging vine,
And from your branches, carelessly,
He'll take what he can find,
He'll take what he can find.
And when your thyme has bloomed and gone
He'll care no more for you
But in that bed where your thyme was spread,
He'll plant it all with rue,
He'll plant it all with rue.
Come all ye fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your prime,
Beware, beware, keep your gardens fair,
Let no man steal your thyme,
Let no man steal your thyme, thyme, thyme.
.Nisaba Merrieweather
nis...@primus.com.au
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Wynetta Bray
I have a book called Reference Guide for Essential Oils by Connie and Alan
Higley. According to this book some historical uses were: The Egyptians used
for embalming and the ancient Greeks used to fight infectious illnesses. It
was also used for respiratory problems, digestive complaints, dyspepsia,
chronic gastritis, bronchitis, pertussis, asthma, laryngitis, tonsillitis and
enuresis in children.
Another book I have called The complete Book of Herbs and Spices by Sarah
Garland states that in 1631 it was included with 48 other herbs and brought
from London to the new country. The Shaker sect planted famous gardens of
herbs in New York in 1820 and had a thriving business for mixing, drying and
selling herbs.
Another book called Magic and Medicine of Plants, by Reader's Digest states, In
medieval times the plant symbolized courage, and to keep their spirits, knights
departing for the Crusades received scarves embroidered with a sprig of thyme
from their ladies. There was a popular belief, too, that a leaf tea prevented
nightmares. In 1725 a German apothecary discovered that the plant's essential
oil contained a powerful disinfectant, called thymol, that is effective against
bacteria and fungi.
Hope this is helpful to you,
Best Regards,
Wynetta Bray
www.yleo.com/i/d/265376
Green Darner wrote:
> Does anyone have any information on folklore of thyme or how thyme has been
Shannon Brophy
>Green Darner wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any information on folklore of thyme or how thyme has been
>> used throughout history (especially medival times)?
I add thyme to food to invoke frivolity and fun which are its magical
aspects. A book like"the magic of herbs " suggested this.
Shannon
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> Does anyone have any information on folklore of thyme or how thyme has been
> workshop on growing and cooking with thyme and would like some background
> info to "spice" up my demonstration. Thanks in advance.
> Green Darner